STEPANAKERT. – Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), or Artsakh, President’s Press Secretary Davit Babayan advised Bayram Safarov, the “Head of the Executive Power of Shusha [that is, NKR’s Shushi Region],” to personally check as to how many people actually live in NKR.  

Commenting, at Armenian News-NEWS.am’ request, on Safarov’s statement that Karabakh’s population is small, Babayan noted that he suggests this Azerbaijani activist to get familiar with the situation by visiting the websites of Nagorno-Karabakh organizations, including that of NKR Public Television.

“He can follow the reports, watch the life of Artsakh’s society, [and] the scenes about the villages. In this way, he can have a real understanding of what he is speaking about,” Babayan said.          

To note, Bayram Safarov had said as follows: “We can say no one lives either in Kelbajar or in Shushi or in any other regions of Karabakh.”