YEREVAN. – Now the context of the Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] conflict has changed; not balancing the principles of territorial integrity and self-determination of nations, but in order to save the Armenians of Artsakh from physical annihilation or, at best, deportation, they must be recognized as a subject of international law in any status, or in any status bordering it. Arman Yeghoyan, an MP of the majority My Step faction, stated this Tuesday in a talk with reporters in the National Assembly of Armenia.

"There are such precedents when subjects of international law do not have clear borders in terms of territory. The international community, I think, understands this ‘language’ much better because there is no such thing in the world law and order that one can bomb civilian settlements, infrastructure, use cluster bombs prohibited by international law. These are things that the whole world condemns—wherever it is.

We speak in that ‘language.’ Yesterday I participated in the remote session of the political commission of La Francophonie Assembly where I presented the situation in detail. We presented the situation also in Euronest yesterday. We have a lot of hard work ahead of us, but you all already notice that the attitude is gradually changing because people realize that this is not a territorial dispute, but a struggle for existence," Yeghoyan stated.

Touching upon whether Armenia will soon recognize Artsakh's independence, the My Step MP responded: "Our [Armenia’s] recognition of Artsakh's independence does not change much from the international point of view; we need other countries to recognize at least as much as we recognize; that is, if other countries already start to actually recognize, high-level delegations come to Artsakh, create mechanisms of cooperation as we have with Artsakh, it will already be a great progress.

There are different levels of recognition; it is not necessary to recognize it as an independent state right now, to open an embassy, and so on; that is the last stage. Now the process of recognizing Artsakh's struggle for existence is underway; that process has already started without being noticed.

There is no other way, or the world should say, any state can do whatever it wants in its so-called internationally recognized territory.”