“There are Azerbaijani lands in the Tavush province… Barkhurdarly, Kheyrimili, Sofulu, Voskepar…,” My Step deputy Vahe Ghalumyan made this statement while speaking about peace with Azerbaijan in an interview with reporters. During Civil Contract’s election campaign in the Berdavan community of the Tavush province, Nikol Pashinyan spoke about the issue of conceding land from the Tavush province. “What do we think we should resolve? The idea is that we have to fix it. We have a problem, and it is not a one-sided problem. Our vision is that what is under our control should remain under our control. There are dozens of villages like that along the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
But on the other hand, you know that there are thousands of hectares of land belonging to Armenian villages in Noyemberyan, Ijevan, and Berd that are under Azerbaijani control after the war. We must not hide these issues in order to be able to properly protect our rights. For example, 90% of all arable land in Berkaber village is under the control of Azerbaijan, and that village has virtually no arable land. Thousands of hectares of land from the Tavush province alone are under Azerbaijani control, do you know about that? How many territories from your village are under the control of Azerbaijan?”
Hripsime Jebejyan
