As a businessman today, you would help Artsakh more if you were abroad. Such a question was asked to Ruben Vardanyan, the former Minister of the State of Artsakh, during the press conference of the members of the “Front of Security and Development of Artsakh” public movement. In response to the question, Vardanyan said: “It depends on what kind of role, how if there was an opportunity to go back and forth… I am sure that if I had the opportunity, and not only me, we could present Artsakh to the world, but now, being abroad and not being able to come to Artsakh, that is a problem. Many say my presence here gives them hope that all is not lost. That’s why my departure from here will bring great despair.”
To another question, what is his opinion about the statement of several political forces of Armenia and Artsakh, according to which the authorities of Armenia are not authorized to conduct such negotiations that can consider Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan, Vardanyan answered: “I welcome that position, it is significant; we all have to say something that the Armenian government should also understand: the people will express their opinion not only by voting during the elections. It is one of the significant issues of the Armenian world, which cannot be decided by a group that leads the country. It is not a party or governance issue but one of our nation’s fundamental issues. Statements are good, but it would be better if there were clear and understandable steps afterward.”
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According to Vardanyan, the most crucial question is what it means to fight, what it means not to accept, and what it means to disagree with the position presented by the RA government. “It should be clearer. The indifference they are trying to create in Armenia that the Artsakh issue is completed, and no one cares is very important for people to feel that this is not the case that we will not submit to Azerbaijan’s steps, we will not agree to Armenia’s proposal so that the Armenian world feels: it is unacceptable for the Armenians of Artsakh and Armenia.”
Nelly BABAYAN
