The Nagorno-Karabakh people’s right to self-determination cannot be called into question.
Armenian National Assembly (NA) Vice President Hermine Naghdalyan said the aforementioned during the meeting with Polish Sejm Deputy Marshal Ryszard Terlecki in the framework of the “Solidarity and Sovereignty” parliamentary conference of the Central and Eastern Europe countries launched in Warsaw on Tuesday.
At the meeting, Naghdalyan was accompanied by the Armenian Ambassador to Poland Edgar Ghazaryan, head of the Polish delegation to PACE Włodzimierz Bernacki and other officials.
The Deputy Marshal of Sejm highly appreciated the interstate relations between the two countries, which are distinguished for the deep content of their agenda.In this context, attention was attached to a number of high-level mutual visits, including at the level of the presidents of both countries.The interlocutors also underscored the role of inter-parliamentary cooperation.
For her part, NA Vice President Hermine Naghdalyan greatly appreciated the Armenian-Polish cooperation not only in bilateral, but also multilateral format. In this context, she underscored the importance of developing constructive cooperation between the parliamentary representatives of both friendly countries.
Naghdalyan noted that Poland is one of he important partners for Armenia in Armenia-European Union relations. Being the only member of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), Armenia continues to consistently expand the cooperation agenda with the EU.
Welcoming this format of European discussions, Naghdalyan expressed hope that it will serve to find new ways to solve a number of current challenges in Europe, i.e. dual standards, injustice, migration, terrorism, etc.
Referring to one of the key issues in Armenia’s foreign policy, the Karabakh conflict, Naghdalyan drew her Polish counterpart’s attention to the military actions unleashed by Azerbaijan in April and the numerous resulting human losses, including among civilians.
“In such conditions, the right of the Nagorno-Karabakh people to self-determination cannot be called into question, since the issue concerns the physical existence of the people,” she said, stressing that although Armenia positively assesses the condemnation of the ceasefire violations by the international community, general and untargeted condemnation is not enough to restrain the side responsible for the large-scale military clash.
According to Naghdalyan, it is already 25 years the Artsakh people have been building their state, which exceeds Azerbaijan several times by all the standards of democracy. Today Artsakh people strive for one thing, namely to ensure their peaceful life and regular development of their homeland, she added.
She stressed that Azerbaijan’s ambition with regard to Karabakh is an apparent signature of an aggressor. Azerbaijan’s torpedoing and flopping all the constructive and humanitarian proposals during the entire process of talks is a vivid proof thereof, Naghdalyan said.
By the end of the meeting, the Armenian NA Vice President thanked her Polish counterpart for the warm reception and meeting.
The conference will continue its work also tomorrow. Parliament chairmen, parliamentary vice presidents, deputies and other high-ranking officials from over 10 countries, including Georgia, Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Belarus, Turkey and Azerbaijan, are taking part in it.
