27/01/2022 | 18:44:23 Thank you, Madam Chair. It is true diaspora is not as strong as caviar is and regarding the amendment, it does not belong here firstly, and secondly, according to the principles of the solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict set out in the OSCE Minsk group co-chairmanship, the principles are the following: the principle of territorial integrity, the principle of self-determination of peoples and the principle of non-use of force or non-use of threat of force. And since the two principles... 27/01/2022 | 18:03:38 Dear colleagues, Firstly, I would like to thank the rapporteurs, Ms Boriana ÅBERG and Mr Kimmo KILJUNEN, for their truly excellent work. This was a much-expected report since the last one was back in 2011. The report starts with high assessment of the democratic developments in Armenia since the times of the non-violent, Velvet Revolution in 2018, and notes with praise that Armenia has successfully overcome the serious political crisis caused by the consequences of the recent devastating war... 27/09/2021 | 18:03:23 Dear colleagues, first of all, what our colleague just said is false. Secondly, what is the aim of this amendment? In the original text the concern is about 'indiscriminate use of weapons killing and injuring civilians'. They want to add the following: 'particularly in places not located in the conflict zone'. So do I understand it right? It's particularly not okay to kill civilians in cities which are a bit further from the conflict zone, but in cities which are in the conflict zones, it's... 27/09/2021 | 17:20:35 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, Exactly one year ago on this day, Azerbaijan breaching its commitment to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by peaceful means, which it undertook when becoming a member of the Council of Europe, attacked and started a massive full-scale war against Nagorno-Karabakh. This came after years of building institutionalized Armenophobia in Azerbaijan and constant warmongering by its leaders. As a result of the war, both during and later after it, thousands... 27/09/2021 | 16:12:50 Thank you. Dear colleagues, first I want to thank the observation mission to the Armenian elections for their comprehensive report. These elections were the second free and fair elections, national elections in Armenia after the Velvet Revolution of 2018, and these elections took place in a very difficult time after a war which brought many disasters but the Armenian democracy prevailed and the Armenian democratic institutions prevailed. And using the opportunity, I want to respond to our... 20/04/2021 | 17:50:27 Thank you, Madam Chair. Dear colleagues, Have you ever been called dogs? Well, my fellow Armenians and I have. It was a couple of months ago when the president of Azerbaijan, Mr Aliyev, said that they chased Armenians like dogs. Have you ever been called mentally ill? My fellow Armenians and I have. It was around a week ago when the President of Azerbaijan, Mr Aliyev, publicly said that Armenian society is sick mentally and that it needs doctors. Have you ever seen religious monuments of your... 25/01/2021 | 18:09:19 Thank you Mr Chair. My Azerbaijani colleague Mr Samad SEYIDOV spoke about the necessity of confidence-building between Armenia and Azerbaijan after the recent war. Let's talk about confidence-building. Last month an official postal stamp was issued in Azerbaijan, dedicated to the year 2020, on which a man in a protective suit is depicted, similar to the one that health workers dealing with Covid wear. This man is cleansing or disinfecting the part on the map where Nagorno Karabakh is. He is... 25/01/2021 | 13:13:36 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, during the time of the global pandemic, on September 27, 2020, supported by Turkey, Azerbaijan launched large-scale military actions against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh. This offensive was accompanied by deliberate targeting and indiscriminate shelling of civilian settlements and infrastructures, churches, and objects of cultural heritage with a wide range of weapons including band weaponry such as cluster bombs and weapons containing white... 10/04/2019 | 16:19:25 The current xenophobic environment in the world makes it imperative to define mechanisms to combat this phenomenon. It should be noted that all forms of xenophobia are inter-related and mutually supporting forms of oppression. In this regard, I will draw your attention to the existence of hate speech in regions that have conflict zones. The growing manifestations of hate speech, xenophobia and war-mongering by political leaders in regions that have conflict zones have a substantially negative... 21/01/2019 | 19:14:29 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I believe everybody here is strongly convinced that the will of the people is the keystone of democracy. The people may exercise this right directly or via free and fair elections. For more than 20 years, people in Armenia tried to build a democratic society via elections which were, however, systematically rigged, allowing the will of the people to be disrespected and ignored. In April 2018, everything changed. Armenia made headlines around...