The Establishment of a Commission on Artsakh Issues is a Message that Armenia Has Not Washed Its Hands of Artsakh: Vanetsyan

The head of the National Assembly faction "Honorable People," Arthur Vanetsyan, considers the establishment of a commission on Artsakh issues, which they initiated, a message to the entire international community that Armenia has not washed its hands of Artsakh and has not forgotten about the people living there.

According to a report by Armenpress, Vanetsyan stated this from the podium of the National Assembly while addressing their initiative.

"The disastrous situation that has arisen in Artsakh and Armenia after the 44-day war simply necessitates that we have a constantly functioning parliamentary entity that deals with issues of a second homeland. The number of issues related to Artsakh, including negotiations, has sharply increased. These issues encompass security and foreign policy components, but they also include spiritual, cultural, social, educational, and many other matters. The creation of such a commission, however, is not only a matter of substantive functional appropriateness; it is also a clear political message to the worried Artsakh Armenians, concerned compatriots in the diaspora, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and the international community," Vanetsyan noted.

He emphasized that the creation of the commission is a message that Armenia has not forgotten about Artsakh, nor the people living there, has not washed its hands of Artsakh, has not renounced, and does not intend to renounce dealing with Artsakh's issues. The faction leader added that the structure of the permanent commission also reflects the political appropriateness and priorities of the current period, reminding that it is in line with the logic by which the permanent committees on European and Eurasian integration were once established.

Referring to comments that there is no need to form a separate commission on Artsakh issues since all other commissions deal with Artsakh-related issues, he recalled that there has previously been such a commission in the parliament. The Supreme Council had a temporary commission with a non-permanent status that dealt with Artsakh issues.