24/04/2026 | 10:23:08 Honourable Chair, Dear colleagues, I will speak today about genocides. With the deepest respect for all victims of such crimes, I will focus on Armenians, as today, 24 April, marks its 111th anniversary of the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. And because the people of Armenia delegated me to do so. I am not the first, and certainly will not be the last, member of parliament to speak about the Armenian genocide in this Chamber. Some of you may feel that this topic has been raised too... 30/01/2026 | 10:28:54 Thank you, honourable Chair. [Pause] It is awkward to hear silence when you are waiting for someone to speak, isn’t it? Now, you feel the same way we Armenians do about the reaction of the international community about the things happening in my country. Mr Nikol PASHINYAN is attacking the Armenian Apostolic Church. Attacking by words and by force. Silence. Four archbishops have been under arrest for more than six months. Silence. A well-known philanthropist declares his support for the... 03/10/2025 | 12:14:50 Thank you. Honourable Chair, Dear colleagues, I'm going to speak about Armenian hostages in Baku. Today is the last day of this session and all of us are anxiously awaiting our return home and the moment we can see our loved ones. I'm sure all of you have texted and called them many times to see how are they doing. Because we love them and we care about them. Imagine if you couldn't do so. Unbelievable, huh? But the relatives of the Armenian hostages kept in Azerbaijani prisons are deprived... 03/10/2025 | 11:36:03 Honourable Chair, Dear colleagues, I want to thank the rapporteur for addressing this important issue and for mentioning the case of the member of our delegation Mr Armen GEVORGYAN. Travel restrictions for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) members imposed by the member states are unacceptable. This goes against the very nature of our institution. But how have we got here? I will try to answer this question. We got here because at some point the guardians of democracy... 30/09/2025 | 18:37:31 Honourable Chair, dear colleagues, I want to speak about some more facts that show the pattern of behaviour of the Hungarian authorities. You all know that Armenian Army lieutenant Gurgen MARGARYAN was murdered with an axe while asleep by an Azerbaijani participant during a NATO event in Hungary back in 2004. In 2012, he was extradited to Azerbaijan, where he was pardoned, promoted and given an apartment. The reaction of the Secretary General of this Council of Europe was, and I quote... 11/04/2025 | 10:14:18 Honourable Chair, distinguished colleagues, Over 50 states and 10 international organisations welcomed the finalisation of the negotiations of a so-called peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. I have labelled it "so-called" because the purported cordial concessions of the main negotiator from the Armenian side are far beyond the goodwill and are much closer to the betrayal. But we, the Armenian people, will deal with it ourselves. I would like to speak about the international... 28/01/2025 | 10:53:29 Thank you Mister President. Ladies and gentlemen, All the countries in the world, all the nations have to pay a price for the new world order to be established. Armenians paid that price in the beginning of the 20th century by facing a genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Afterwards, we paid that price with the victims of more than 300 000 of our soldiers who fought the Nazis. It was for the previous world order. Unfortunately, we have already paid a very high price for the new world order as well... 26/06/2024 | 20:19:41 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, Two major facts about this report. On one hand reporters addressed many important aspects of Nagorno Karabakh conflict, ethnic cleansing of Armenians and PoWs. They were on our side during the aggressions of Azerbaijan. For that I am thankful as an Armenian and as an opposition member of Armenian delegation to PACE. It is crucially important for the families of the PoWs, the political and military leadership of Nagorno... 26/06/2024 | 11:24:27 Thank you, Mister Chair. Honourable colleagues, I would like to add some more facts to those that have been presented by their rapporteur in the paragraph about the South Caucasus because the systemic obliteration of a rich and ancient heritage of Armenia is not only a cultural tragedy but also a flagrant violation of international law and human rights. The Armenian cultural identity is deeply rooted in the history of the South Caucasus. However, the legacy has been increasingly under threat... 26/01/2024 | 12:35:50 Thank you, honourable Mister President, dear colleagues, What is the definition of the word "crime"? That is the question I want to raise here, at the altar of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Is revealing the truth government tries to hide from its citizens a crime? That's exactly why the Vice-President of the Republican Party Mr Armen Ashotyan is under pre-trial arrest for more than seven months. Is expressing your political views via Facebook live or status a crime? That is...