“When you say we should go to Azerbaijan and Turkey and ask if they want to destroy us, I want to understand what was not clear a year ago, what remained in the dark when Turkey was supporting the Azerbaijani army. When mercenaries were being brought to the front line as our boys were being killed by gunfire, what remained in the dark for you not to understand that yes, they want to destroy us?” Azerbaijani affairs specialist Anzhela Elibegova said during the hearings in parliament regarding demarcation and delimitation. Pashinyan also said that since the Azerbaijanis came, we should appeal to international structures.
“What have you been doing for half a year other than taking screenshots of married women on Facebook? You should have broken down the doors of all international organizations all this time. How did it happen? Did they come on foot? Well, they did not reach Noragavit. If you are so idle, go and help the front-line soldier, dig a trench, especially since you have experience, you are all April war veterans, you dug a trench on the third line.
It is true that you reached the April War in May, but anyway. The question arises: do you receive a salary at the expense of my taxes, do you get bonuses? Today we learned that a new wonderful service car is also available, can you do one beneficial thing? Go and dig a trench, and we will know that you are doing a good job at the expense of our taxes.”
Nikol Pashinyan also quoted Soviet maps, saying that part of the Goris-Kapan road belongs to the Azerbaijanis. Anzhela Elibegova countered, “On what document are they based? The man wakes up in the morning, goes to milk his cow, and sees an Azerbaijani post in front of his barn. He says, ‘What document is it based on, dear people?’
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They say, ‘Well, we have known the CIS that way since independence.’ When they go to negotiate tomorrow, the Azerbaijanis say it’s easy, your officials say it’s our territory, what do you want from us? Did our authorities bring those territories from their father’s house to divide them up left and right and say this is Azerbaijani? There is no document, but it is used by the Azerbaijani side. A request, a demand: keep your mouth shut, force yourself to keep it closed, do not speak, do not say that it is Azerbaijani territory, do us that favor until we understand what is happening. Do not harm the interests of this country because you did not shed blood and liberate these lands.”
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