What Was Lost Can Be Reclaimed: Arthur Ghazinyan

It is natural to face defeat in war when you do everything right, but it is unnatural and abnormal when the blow comes from within and from behind. This was stated by Arthur Ghazinyan, a member of the National Assembly from the "Armenia" faction, during the "We Unite" pan-youth forum.

“When you see that it is not a matter of stupidity or ignorance, but that they have maliciously and cunningly, consciously and intentionally brought war to our doorstep and through the same systematic measures led us to defeat,” he said, noting that it was very heavy and painful.

“What today’s authorities have done is fulfill the long-standing dream of their political forefathers: ‘Let’s give up on Artsakh and live in peace.’ We gave up on Artsakh, and now we must give up on Syunik; after giving up on Syunik, it will turn out that Turks and Azerbaijanis have lived in the city of Masis, and eventually, to avoid military escalation, let’s agree to withdraw our troops and hand everything over. And here, every settlement that has ever housed Azerbaijanis we will have to hand over, as we seek to avoid military escalation. But no one thinks that this is not a newspaper editorial, and governing a country is not a matter of your intellect, and you need to resign so that those who know how to win, who have gone through this, can take over,” he said, pointing out that the current authority clings to power at all costs.

“What we have lost can be reclaimed, except for the bright young men who truly understood they were going into battle and sacrificed themselves. Yerablur must become our main accountability center for our actions and motivational behavior. They should not have died for nothing; no, they did not die for nothing; they defended their home and land. I am confident that in the near future, we will have the opportunity to prove that they did not die for nothing,” he said.

Arthur Ghazinyan expressed confidence that the youth are ready to fight for their future. “We must understand that without Artsakh, there is no Armenia,” he added.