Sefilyan meets Bako Sahakyan: auto march postponed
The statement of “The Centennial without regime” movement on the results of the meeting between the authorities of Artsakh and the representatives of the movement As we have already informed, on December 19 “The Centennial without regime” movement representatives left for Stepanakert with the suggestion of Artsakh authorities to meet Bako Sahakyan and to discuss some issues conditioned with the peculiarity of the situation in Artsakh. The representatives of the movement Zhirayr Sefilyan and Emil Abrahamyan met Bako Sahakyan at the presidential residence and discussed the issues relating the awareness auto march in Arshakh intended on December 20. During the second half of the meeting, Artsakh Deputy Prime Minister A. Aghabekyan, Minister of Internal Affairs K. Aghajanyan, Attorney General A. Mosiyan, DA Deputy Commander S. Karapetyan, NSS Director A. Gharamyan, NSS Deputy Director G. Sargsyan, as well as movement representative P. Manukyan and “Artsakh is Armenia” committee representative V. Badasyan also took part in the discussions. Bako Sahakyan and other officials noted that the auto march may have unfavorable consequences for Artsakh. The essence of their arguments is that close ties with the RA are very important for Artsakh, which has unrecognized status, and those ties are mainly based on the belief and confidence of Artsakh people toward official Yerevan. But auto marches can kill that belief and confidence. That’s why they don’t want to involve Artsakh people into political processes of Yerevan. The representatives of the auto march didn’t agree with the arguments. They reasoned that our country (including Artsakh) is in emergency situation because of Yerevan regime anti-national governance, so emergency steps must be taken to get rid of Yerevan regime and to form a functional government. They explained Artsakh authorities that if those steps aren’t implemented, we will lose Artsakh and our statehood. They also presented other projects relating to withdrawal from the EEC and holding consolidation referendum in Artsakh and the RA after removing Yerevan regime. The representatives of the movement urged Artsakh authorities not to believe in Yerevan regime and to take into account that Artsakh was freed by the efforts of all Armenians, so it is unacceptable to separate Artsakh from pan Armenian issues. So the representatives of the movement urged Artsakh authorities not to hinder the involvement of Artsakh people in the movement. So it was decided to postpone the awareness auto march in Artsakh on December 20 and to hold the regular march on December 21 in Syunik. Additional information will be provided connected with the date of awareness auto march in Artsakh.
