Pashinyan dismisses talk of reciprocal population returns as "cheap  speculation"

ArmInfo.  The return of  300,000 Azerbaijanis to Armenia or the return of Armenians to  Nagorno-Karabakh and Baku has never been a subject of negotiation  with the Azerbaijani side, as stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol  Pashinyan at a briefing on April 30.

According to him, all such talk is cheap political speculation. "We  have never discussed and are not discussing such an issue with  Azerbaijan. We are also not discussing with Azerbaijan the return of  Karabakh Armenians, Baku Armenians, and other Armenians," Pashinyan  noted, adding that these two issues have a provocative impact on the  current political situation. The Prime Minister labeled these rumors  as "cheap political speculation," suggesting that those promoting  these narratives are doing so without a clear understanding of the  facts or with harmful intent.

It should be noted, however, that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev  has repeatedly raised the issue of resettling 300,000 Azerbaijanis to  Armenia. Specifically, in an interview with Russian media, he stated  that that number of Azerbaijanis had officially appealed to the  Armenian leadership to "create conditions" for their resettlement.  Aliyev added that the Azerbaijani side had not received a response  from Yerevan on this issue and referred to Armenian territory as the  "historical land" of Azerbaijanis.