Extra-parliamentary parties join Artsakh parliament’s statement

On April 19, Speaker of the Artsakh National Assembly Artur Tovmasyan, together with the heads of the factions, hosted the extra-parliamentary political forces participating in the March 31, 2020 parliamentary elections in Artsakh, including the National Renaissance Party, Generation of Independence Party, Artsakh Communist Party, Artsakh Revolutionary Party, Artsakh Conservative Party, United Armenia Party and Tomorrow Artsakh Party.

At the meeting, the leaders of the extra-parliamentary forces expressed their opinion and position on the Artsakh issue, highlighting the fact that the parliamentary factions act in unison, the parliament’s press office said.

The representatives of the parties stressed that they fully support and join the April 14, 2022 statement adopted by the National Assembly of the Artsakh Republic.

“We demand that the authorities of the Republic of Armenia abandon their current disastrous position… No government has a right to lower the negotiating bar for a status acceptable to Artsakh and the internationally recognized right to self-determination under the pretext of “peace”. On behalf of the Artsakh Armenians, we call on Armenians all over the world to stand united and resolutely by the brothers and sisters of Armenia and Artsakh in this just struggle,” reads the statement.