“Strong Armenia”: November 9 should become a day not only of remembrance, but also of political and state responsibility

ArmInfo. November 9, 2020, the day the hostilities in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone ended, should become a day not only of remembrance, but also of political and state responsibility. The Strong Armenia party made this statement in connection with the sixth anniversary of the end of the 44-day enemy aggression against Artsakh, which began on September 27, 2020.

"The trilateral statement signed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on November 9, 2020, after the deaths of thousands of our heroes, marked the beginning of one of the most difficult turns in the modern history of Armenia and Artsakh. New grave consequences followed: the loss of Artsakh, the forcible displacement of Artsakh Armenians, and the weakening of Armenia's security system. Remember what Pashinyan said that night: "Artsakh stands, long live Artsakh!" Six years after that day, Artsakh is empty (the de-Armenianization of the NKR took place in September 2023 - TASS note), and our millennia-old presence there has been severed. Instead of the promised revival, Armenia continues to face new concessions and security threats," the statement of the political force, published on its Facebook page, said.

The Strong Armenia party called it symbolic that today the leader of the political force, Samvel Karapetyan, who is fighting to protect national values and historical heritage, is under arrest, while the Stepanakert Republican Medical Center, built with funds from his family, is under the control of Azerbaijan. "Its reopening by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev is yet another example of the appropriation of Armenian property. November 9 should become a day not only of remembrance, but also of political and state responsibility. Peace cannot be built on unilateral concessions and to the detriment of national interests. Amending Armenia's Constitution in accordance with external demands is a dangerous path not to peace, but to the weakening of sovereignty," the party of Karapetyan added.

In this regard, the political force noted that it advocates a dignified and sustainable peace based on international law, mutual respect, and equality. "We need secure borders, independent statehood, and national unity. Armenia's future must be determined exclusively by the Armenian people," the party concluded.

It should be recalled that on the night of September 27, 2020, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, acting in tandem with Turkey, launched military aggression against Artsakh. During the bloody hostilities, which lasted 44 days, a statement on the cessation of hostilities and the deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh was signed on the night of November 9-10, 2020, with Russia's mediation. As a result of the 2020 aggression, Shushi and a number of districts of Artsakh were lost. Several thousand soldiers were killed, more than 10,000 sons of the Armenian people were left disabled, and thousands of Artsakh Armenians were left homeless.