News - Ruben Rubinyan to PACE presidency: These people are so shameless that they call Armenia ‘Western Azerbaijan’ at PACE

Azerbaijani delegates in PACE make irredentist and aggressive statements, which is unacceptable, and the PACE presidency should not allow such a thing. Ruben Rubinyan, head of the National Assembly of Armenia delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), said this at the PACE session, during the urgent procedure discussion on the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh—and responding to the address by Azerbaijani delegate Kamal Jafarov. Everything is clear. Azerbaijan had a clear intention to carry out ethnic cleansing of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, which it did. But the level of cynicism of the Azerbaijani colleagues in this discussion is astounding. They assumed the role of defenders of their authoritarian, genocidal regime. They claim that the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh are citizens of Azerbaijan, and Azerbaijan is a multinational paradise on earth. But none of them said a single word about the fate of 100,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh and their needs. None of them said a word of condolence about the people who died, who were separated from their families. But if taken into account that what happened was the clear intention of the regime they represent, everything becomes logical, noted Rubinyan. But this is not all. These people are so devoid of shame that even after a few weeks of ethnic cleansing of an entire population in Nagorno-Karabakh, they come to this organization and call Armenia "Western Azerbaijan, added Rubinyan. According to him, there is no need to be a genius to understand that Azerbaijan's latest actions show that this country has become a threat to the international legal system. And this regime should be punished by law. And the delegation from Armenia expect the support of PACE, as a representative of the international community, in this matter because this is not only the issue of Armenia, this is an issue of the international legal system. The PACE presidency should not allow anyone to use irredentist and aggressive terms, it is unacceptable to call Armenia "Western Azerbaijan," there is probably no need to explain why, said Ruben Rubinyan.