Round table “Lawyering Peace” moderated by PILPG Founder, Dr. Paul R. Williams along with Alush Gashi, a Signatory to the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Kosova; Ambassador Carey Cavanaugh, Special Negotiator responsible for conflicts in Eurasia, including the Nagorno-Karabakh Key West negotiations; and Mohammed Hassan Osman al-Ta’ishi, Chief Negotiator of the Juba Peace Agreement
I also presented the assembly with information about the Azerbaijani aggression of the last days and the supply of ammunition to Azerbaijan.
The Ministry of Defence will make a statement on the data of the deceased servicemen, as well as on the health condition of the wounded serviceman later, after informing the families of the servicemen in the proper, established manner.
The Ministry of Defense presents video footage that clearly shows how the Azerbaijani armed forces are concentrating additional resources in the direction of Sotk.
On September 1, at around 12:25 p.m., Azerbaijani armed forces units fired from fire arms towards the Armenian combat outposts nearby Norabak.
Pashinyan’s security agents silence all those who disagree with his defeatist ‘peace plan,’ whether they live in Armenia or the Diaspora. Patriotic Armenians and non-Armenians who support the Armenian Cause are banned from visiting Armenia, while the inhabitants of Armenia are harassed and arrested if they dare to protest or criticize Pashinyan. In the meantime, Turkish denialists and extremist grey wolf members are free to roam Armenia and insult the memory of Armenian Genocide victims at the Genocide Memorial in Yerevan.
The PILPG memorandum goes on to conclude that if Azerbaijan refuses to include on the agenda of the ongoing talks Nagorno-Karabakh’s Soviet era autonomous status as a benchmark for the right of the people of Nagorno Karabakh to self-determination and for discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan concerning their future fate and status, will be a clear signal of a continued rejection of that right for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, and this opens the door to the possibility of external self-determination via remedial secession.
This is what happens when you sacrifice your rights, your dignity and other vital rights for political interests, when the primary issues in the country are after the secondary and even the tertiary issues, or whether even the primary issues have a place at all.
The purpose of this memorandum is to set forth the argument that the Armenian people of Nagorno-Karabakh are entitled, at a minimum, to the right of internal self-determination and that the current negotiations should provide for the meaningful and effective protection of this right. As such, Nagorno-Karabakh’s Soviet era autonomous status shall serve as a benchmark for discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan concerning the future fate and status of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Mikayel Minasyan, ex-Ambassador of Armenia to the Holy See, posted an article today.
