On April 18, following meetings with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, Azeri President Ilham Aliyev told the Russian state-run television that while he understood the importance of a land link between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabagh, he envisioned the Lachin corridor becoming a crossing path for both Armenians and Azeris alike following the final resolution of the conflict.
Meanwhile in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated that without a resolution to the Karabagh confli
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I agree with everything discussed in the above articel. Armenians should never return the liberated lands and should hold firm against pressure from Turkey and the rest of the world. We must have a clear policy on Artsakh, Kashatagh and the rest of the liberated lands. I have already supported and will carry on supporting the foundations efforts in restoring these lands and bring in the basic aminities to Armenians on these lands which have been otherwise been prevented from having through years of ethnic cleansing by Azeris. I would urge all Armenians to provide support where they are able to contribute to tyhe cause. No one else will do it for us.
Amen.
And read articles ,posts on Mensoian´s article on this forum.Most important is RESSETTLEMENT ON THOSE LANDS
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Aliyev wants to take surrounding regions in order to attack Karabagh. If Karabagh gives away its surrounding regions then its boarders (not the area) will increase to 400 km because of geography, which will make even more difficult to protect. NKR’s Constitution states that the surrounding regions are the integral part of Karabagh. While Azerbaijan’s Constitution does not allow Aliyev to sign any deal regarding “its” territories. So, the first thing Aliyev can do is to change azeris’ Constitution…
The only lasting solution would be the disappearance of the Ilham Aliyev’s Sultanate and establishment of small independent ethnic republics of Tolysh, Lezgi, Tat and other native peoples whose lands are currently occupied by the nomadic Azeri-Turks.
Organized repatriation and resettlement should be a priority for all Armenians for the next 20 years until this artificially created “Azerbaijan Republic” runs out of it’s limited oil and gas resources and becomes irrelevant to the West.
It will take hardy pioneers to begin this resettlement. Let’s establish more diasporan programs that entice young people/young adults to do service work and contemplate life in the fatherland.
Vagho,
More diasporan programs is good but the focus should be on physical infrastructure that will allow people to live and work there. Something that cannot be stolen and deposited into Swiss bank accounts. And in order to achieve that we need Armenian tax (say 1% of income every April 24th) that would go to support these real investments. Armenians can no longer rely on some moody super rich that lost their connection with real people.
A $200 million could build 4 settlements for 1,000 repatriates each complete with infrastructure and jobs to ensure same middle class standard living as in the US.