{"id":14991,"date":"2023-09-02T18:29:17","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T14:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/news\/14991\/"},"modified":"2023-12-17T12:24:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T08:24:53","slug":"sos-arcax%e2%80%a4-azatuthyan-hraparakum-hnchatc-himnakan-eluythnereh%d5%9d-amphoph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abcmedia.am\/en\/news\/14991\/","title":{"rendered":"SOS Artsakh: Summary of the main speeches delivered on Freedom Square"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vazgen Manukyan: R<\/strong>are are the cases when 120,000 people,
\nincluding children and elderly people, withstand a siege and do not surrender
\nfor the sake of their homeland<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Azerbaijan’s plan is to separate Artsakh from Armenia, to
\nengulf Artsakh and then Armenia. Former Prime Minister of Armenia, Member of
\nKarabakh Committee Vazgen Manukyan said this. <\/p>\n

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According to him, this proves that we cannot solve our
\nproblems separately. <\/p>\n

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“This situation will persist if we try to solve the
\nproblems of Armenia or those of Artsakh separately. They are interrelated and
\nwill cease to exist if separated from each other.<\/p>\n

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You are making history now as rare are the cases when
\n120,000 people, including children and elderly people, withstand a siege and do
\nnot surrender for the sake of their homeland,” Manukyan said.<\/p>\n

Tigran Abrahamyan: The internal security of Artsakh must be
\nensured at all costs; if need be, the harshest measures must be taken<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The people of Artsakh have gone through appalling hardships;
\nthey are facing these hardships today as well. However, they need to be certain
\nthat — however grave the situation is — they are on the right track, that they
\nare led by a man of integrity, who is ready to go first. NA MP Tigran
\nAbrahamyan said this addressing the people of Artsakh. <\/p>\n

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According to Abrahamyan, the internal security of Artsakh
\nmust be ensured at all costs; if need be, the harshest measures must be taken.
\nThis will lay a sound foundation for external security. <\/p>\n

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“There is no room for power struggle in our reality.
\nThis practice should be banned. Position implies neither money, nor well-being;
\nespecially in Artsakh, position constitutes a sacred duty,” Abrahamyan
\nsaid.<\/p>\n

Tevan Poshosyan: The security of this square starts from Akna-Stepanakert road<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The security of this square starts from Akna-Stepanakert
\nroad. Political scientist Tevan Poghosyan said this, addressing the people
\ngathered in Freedom Square.<\/p>\n

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“If only everyone had the realization of this. In that
\ncase, we would be able to understand the meaning of our national hero Avo’s
\nwords.<\/p>\n

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According to Poghosyan, we are facing this situation as we
\nare not united.<\/p>\n

“My dears, you are waging yet another struggle; by living
\nthere in Artsakh, by putting up with the famine, you show us that nothing is
\nmore important than our ancestors’ home, their land that they have bequeathed
\nto us; we have to preserve it all. <\/p>\n

Today, Artsakh is fighting for our dignity; we must all tell
\nthe people of Artsakh that the decision that they will take will lead us in our
\nstruggle. We must stand shoulder to shoulder, we must struggle together,” Tevan
\nPoshosyan said, addressing the people of Artsakh. <\/p>\n

Avetik Chalabyan: The one ceding Artsakh today, will cede
\nFreedom square tomorrow<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The one ceding Artsakh today, will cede Armenia tomorrow; he
\nwill cede this square tomorrow. Coordinator of the Hayakve initiative Avetik
\nChalabyan said this. <\/p>\n

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According to him, there are people in Armenia now, whose
\npurpose in life is a morsel of bread.<\/p>\n

“There are people who are ready to sacrifice our
\nhomeland, our Artsakh, our dignity, the blood of our soldiers who laid down
\ntheir lives, our history just for a morsel of bread, for asphalt, for holding
\ntheir positions. And these people are the pillar of strength of the current
\nauthorities,” Chalabyan said.<\/p>\n

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Archbishop Bagrat: The decision whether to fly
\nhigh or to crawl around lies in our hands<\/strong>

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Primate of the Diocese of Tavush Archbishop Bagrat
\nGalstanyan attended the nationwide rally organized by the Opposition as well.<\/p>\n

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Archbishop Bagrat began his speech with a
\nprayer. <\/p>\n

“The Armenian Apostolic Church states that Artsakh’s right
\nto self-determination and the exercise of that right are inalienable and
\nnon-negotiable. Today, the people of Artsakh prove that it is us who create our
\nreality and not the reverse; our reality is what we are.<\/p>\n

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The decision whether to give life or to take life lies in
\nour hands. The decision whether to fly high or to crawl around lies in our
\nhands. Misery lies in store for a miserable nation.<\/p>\n

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Victory lies in store for a strong, powerful, pious, fearless
\nand struggling nation,” he noted.<\/p>\n

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Serzh Sargsyan: Let us see whose wish will come true —
\nPahsinyan’s or ours<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pashinyan does not want to resign, but we want him to
\nresign. Let us see whose wish will come true. Third President of Armenia Serzh
\nSargsyan said this to journalists in Freedom Square.<\/p>\n

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In response to the question whether nonstop protests may be
\nstaged, Serzh Sargsyan said that everything is possible.<\/p>\n

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“I am glad to hear that Charles Michel expects the
\npeople of Artsakh to be courageous again; the people of Artsakh will not let
\nhim down. But maybe he implies another thing with regard to courage?”
\nSerzh Sargsyan said in response to the question about the European Council
\npresident’s statement.<\/p>\n

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The nationwide rally organized by the Opposition is being
\nheld in Freedom Square now. The second and the third presidents of Armenia are
\ntaking part in the rally as well.<\/p>\n

Video here:<\/a><\/p>\n

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