Armenia pursued the policy of territorial claims to its neighbors from the first day of its creation.
The statement came from the first vice-speaker of the Milli Majlis Ziyafat Asgarov. He was speaking at the 20th anniversary of restoration of state independence of Azerbaijan plenary session of Parliament.
"In order to provide military assistance to Armenia acting together armed gangs committed acts of genocide against the civilian population in Irevan, Goycha, Zangezur, Karabakh and other Azerbaijani settlements and forced the local population to flee their homes”, he said.
According to him, in those years in order to ensure the safety of peaceful Azerbaijanis the government of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic invited the Armenians to settle disputes through negotiation.
"As Gumri which Armenians considered to be their political center was out of their control, the Armenian government has applied to the National Council of Azerbaijan with a request to allow them to use Irevan as their capital. At its meeting on 29 May 1918 The National Council considered the matter and decided to pass the Azerbaijani town of Irevan and surrounding cities to Armenia.
In reaching this decision, the members of the National Counci hoped that Armenia will fulfill its obligations by refusing all claims to other territories of Azerbaijan, which will put an end to the Armenian armed gangs against attacking peaceful Azerbaijani population that will ensure safety of the local Azeri population and that Armenia will create conditions to ensure 150,000 Azerbaijanis return to their homes”, Asgarov said.
Unfortunately, however, this concession led to greater territorial claims of Armenia towards Azerbaijan, the First Vice-Speaker said.
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