Civilian Contract Board member Arayik Harutyunyan believes that clarification is needed regarding the status of Artsakh. Is Artsakh Armenia or not, or any other status is needed? Today, at the Berdzor discussions organized by Founder Parliament, he compared the events before the automobile march by the parliamentary members and in 2007-2008 after March 1. “At that time, we tried to go to Artsakh with a small group to understand the sentiment of the local youth there.
In 2007-08, the sentiments were the same as before the Berdzor automobile march. It turned out that the myth that super democratic classes are established in Artsakh collapsed. This myth, of course, was a good one because we were able to confront Artsakh with Azerbaijan on Karabakh conflict. Why it happened what happened, because a super police system is established in Artsakh, everywhere you can see officers of special services,” said Arayik Harutyunyan. According to him, the Artsakh authorities could not tolerate the small group that was going to Artsakh to raise issues. “Bako Sahakyan’s power could not allow such a move. But as to what police understood of the occurrence, perhaps, is that in doing so they can have serious problems in the eyes of the International and Armenian community, as well as the Diaspora Armenians. This would be a serious blow to Artsakh-Diaspora relations and will reduce contacts.”
Arpine SIMONYAN
Photo from Arayik Harutyunyan’s Facebook page
