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“It is enough for one people to become unpatriotic,

and they will be considered prey,

and their country will be divided among their neighbors.”

Garegin Nzhdeh

 

The logic of the events unfolding around Armenia and within Armenia itself has far-reaching goals and consists in, following the example of the events of September-December 1920, imposing another new treaty on the Armenian people, according to which Armenia will be forced to renounce resistance, defense and all rights granted to it by the international community.

The efforts made by the hostile forces to achieve these goals are as follows:

1. a) daily hostile propaganda has been conducted for the last seven years (it seems that they have no other more important work than to terrorize the Armenians), and
2. b) the huge financial resources spent (billions of dollars) and human losses (about 25,000 killed soldiers and officers),

which directly indicate the real internal potential of the Armenian people.

The enemies of the Armenian people from outside (the Grand Coalition) and the fifth column from inside (the Civil Contract Party and its supporters), in accordance with the pre-planned aggression, the liquidation of the Armenian army, the scenarios of imposed war and defeat, are trying to forcefully, with the threat of force and provocations, impose a new agreement on Armenia, according to which the Republic of Armenia will renounce all the rights granted by the international community to the Armenian people and Armenia.

In other words, this is a new attempt to suspend the solution of the Armenian Question, as was done in 1920.

 

1. Recognition of the independence of the State of Armenia (Armenian State)

The independence of the state of Armenia was recognized on January 19, 1920.

At the end of the First World War, the victorious states convened a conference, the Paris Peace Conference, to define a Peace Treaty. It sat from January 18, 1919 to January 21, 1920, with some interruptions.

The conference was attended by representatives of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Armenia, the Kingdom of Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, Hejaz and other allied states. The main conditions for peace were presented by the Prime Ministers of France – Georges Clemenceau –, of Great Britain – Lloyd George and the President of the United States of America – Woodrow Wilson.

In response to the demands presented by the assembled Armenian National Delegation, the Supreme Council of the Allied Powers, having recognized de facto the State of Armenia, adopted on January 19, 1920 the following decisions:

1. The Government of Armenia is recognized as a State;
2. This decision does not determine the question of the borders of the Armenian State.

That is, the state of Armenia is 105 years old.

Recognition of a state occurs once, and this decision is not subject to change or cancellation.

 

2. The Paris Peace Conference and the borders of the state of Armenia

Thus, in the future, regarding the State of Armenia or the borders of the State of Armenia, it is necessary to carry out

1. On the Turkish side, the implementation of the Arbitral Award of the 28th President of the United States of America Woodrow Wilson.
2. On the Azerbaijani side, the implementation of the provisions of the “Report of the proposals of the Commission charged with deciding on the borders of Armenia” issued during the Special Commission of the Paris Peace Conference on February 24, 1920 for the question of the borders of Armenia.

It is worth noting that the Decisions of these two documents – Arbitral Award and Special Commission for the Armenian Borders – were included in Articles 89 and 92 of the Peace Treaty of Sèvres.

Article 89 of the Treaty of Sevres states: “Turkey and Armenia and the other Parties to the Treaty agree to submit to the arbitration of the President of the United States of America the definition of the frontiers between Turkey and Armenia for the vilayets of Erzurum, Trebizond, Van, Bitlis, to take into account his decisions and to include any measures he may recommend for a frontier access of Armenia to the sea, a demilitarization of all Ottoman territory along the Armenian frontiers”.

Article 92 states: “The frontiers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia will be determined on the basis of a mutual agreement between them. After the implementation of the decisions of Article 89 and if the States in question do not agree on the delimitation of their frontiers, these will be determined by the Principal Allied Powers who will be responsible for establishing them on the spot”.

USA President Woodrow Wilson’s Acceptance To The President Of The Supreme Council Of The Allied Powers, November 22, 1920։ “It was essential to keep in mind that the new state of Armenia, including as it will a large section of the former Armenian provinces of Transcaucasian Russia…”

Woodrow Wilson’s words apply to Artsakh, Nakhichevan, Gardman, Utikka and other Armenian-populated territories and regions.

These decisions are registered in the Register (General Ledger) of the League of Nations and its legal successor, the United Nations, and are binding.

Decree of the Council of People’s Commissars of Russia “On Turkish Armenia” (On Western Armenia) of December 29, 1917 (January 11, 1918)։ “The Council of People’s Commissars declares to the Armenian people that the Workers’ and Peasants’ Government of Russia supports the right of the Armenians of the occupied “Turkish Armenia” to free self-determination up to and including complete independence.”

Nevertheless, the adoption of the mandate of Armenia was discussed in the US Senate from May 29 to June 1, 1920, which means that the United States of America de facto recognized the right and title of the state of Armenia to Armenian territories and thereby annulled the right and title Ottoman Empire in these territories.

 

3. Demarcation of the border between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan

 

As we have already mentioned in the previous section, there are two decisions regarding the demarcation between Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan. The decision of the Special Commission of the Paris Peace Conference: “Report and Proposals of the Commission for Determining the Boundaries of Armenia” of February 24, 1920 and Article 92 of the Sevres Peace Treaty.

Let us add that, in accordance with the Report-Proposal of the Special Commission of February 24, 1920, when carrying out the demarcation, demographic data on the national composition of the population as it stood before the start of the First World War were taken as a basis, as a principle.

New data on the distribution of ethnic composition in the region, obtained as a result of a crime, in this case the Genocide of Armenians, Greeks, Assyrians and other peoples, cannot serve as a basis for making political-legal, diplomatic and civilizational decisions.

Because “Crime does not create law” – “Ex injuria non oritur jus”.

Consequently, the demarcation between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan cannot be carried out solely on the basis of the maps of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces.

That is, the maps of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces and the maps of the artificially created Azerbaijan cannot prevail over the legitimate maps and decisions of the international community.

 

4. Republic of Armenia, Western Armenia

At the beginning of 1919, the Armenian National Congress was convened in Paris, one of the most important decisions of which was the election of the “Armenian United National Delegation” (“Delegation of an Integrated Armenia”) co-chaired by Poghos Nubar and Avetis Aharonian and the approval of a joint Memorandum on the demands of the Armenians, which had been prepared in advance and presented by the Armenian United National Delegation at the Paris Peace Conference on February 12, 1919. This Memorandum substantiated the need to create an independent Armenian state and specified its territory, which united the seven vilayets (regions) of Western Armenia (including Trebizond), the Republic of Armenia and Cilicia.

On February 26, 1919, the Armenian United National Delegation appeared at a meeting of the Council of Ten, where it repeated the main demands of the Memorandum. On April 17, 1919, the delegation was received by the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, who assured that he would do everything possible to protect the territorial demands of the Armenians.

The Arbitral award, issued on November 22, 1920 by the 28th President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, includes four of the seven vilayets of Western Armenia within the borders of the state of Armenia. They are listed in Article 89 of the Treaty of Sevres as: “the vilayets of Erzerum, Trebizond, Van and Bitlis.”

It should be especially emphasized that in accordance with the demands presented by the Armenian United National Delegation, the State of Armenia was represented at the Paris Peace Conference as two entities: the Republic of Armenia and the Armenians of Western Armenia. Moreover, the Armenians of Western Armenia were represented with their historical and civilizational area of ​​residence. That is, the administrative territory of Western Armenia, which is included in the Armenian Question package as seven vilayets of Western Armenia.

In other words, Woodrow Wilson considered the Republic of Armenia (Eastern Armenia) and the Armenians of Western Armenia (Western Armenia) as a single entity, as Armenia, as the Armenian state or the State of Armenia.

Which, by the way, is the Homeland of the ancestors of the Armenians, that is, Armenia.

 

5. British spy Lawrence of Arabia and the mandate for Armenia

From a large, detailed interview given in 1919 by the famous British intelligence officer Lawrence of Arabia to the American journalist Lincoln Steffens, we are now interested in one paragraph.

Lawrence of Arabia says: “․․․Armenia was to be divided. The back country, where the natural wealth is, was to be cut off from the front, where there is nothing but Armenians. The American mandate was to be over the Armenians; some other ally-not the British, but another equally practical power-was to get Armenia”․

Later, this program was implemented in exactly the same way in relation to the Armenian people and Armenia. The Armenians, subjected to Genocide and forced deportation, were scattered throughout the world, essentially under a European and American “mandate”, and the “mandate” of Armenia was given to Russia. Here, instead of a mandate, one should understand control, which is why the word mandate is in quotation marks.

It is necessary to pay attention to the year of the interview: 1919. That is, this is the moment when the Paris Peace Conference began its work and where the issues of Armenian rights were also discussed.

It should be noted that in accordance with the program proposed by Lawrence of Arabia, the settlement of the Armenian Question, the realization of the rights of the Armenian people, the right to the existence of the state of Armenia were postponed for about 100 years.

The current attempt, which we are witnessing, is an attempt to once again suspend the settlement of the Armenian Question.

 

6. The first, second and third republics of Armenia

The First Republic of Armenia, later and the second Republic of Armenia, in the conditions of aggression and coercion (the Alexandropol Treaty of 02.12.1920 and the Treaty of Kars of 13.10.1921) renounced their rights to the common Armenian demands granted to the Armenian people in 1918-1920 and to the Armenian state (Государство Армения), being forced to remain only within the rights and jurisdiction of the Republic of Armenia, otherwise I mean, Eastern Armenia and Armenians of Eastern Armenia.

The first president of the Third Republic of Armenia put into circulation the thesis “Armenia’s strength is Armenia’s weakness.”

The second President and the third President of the Republic of Armenia repeated through official statements that they remain outside the framework of the Unified Armenian Demands, i.e. they renounced the rights given in 1918-1920 to the Armenian people and the Republic of Armenia (the state of Armenia) and are forced to remain within the framework of the rights and jurisdiction of the Republic of Armenia, i.e. Eastern Armenia and the Armenians of Eastern Armenia, and the matter of pursuing this issue is transferred to the Armenian people – to broad pan-Armenian circles.

The current Prime Minister of the Third Republic of Armenia, developing the thesis of the first President of the Republic, is pushing the Armenian people and Armenia to defeat and capitulation, through coercion, violence and the threat of force to sign a new Alexandropol and/or Treaty of Kars. In essence, once again leaving the Republic of Armenia outside the framework of the rights granted by the international community in 1918-1920 to the Armenian state (State of Armenia), according to the unified Armenian demands.

Thus, for the last thirty years, the Lawrence of Arabia program has been implemented, and the solution of the Armenian Question has been postponed because Armenia allegedly does not have enough strength to follow the path of defending its rights.

This is an outright lie, launched into circulation in order to carefully conceal the truth.

More on this in the following sections.

 

7. The Declaration of Independence of Armenia

The Declaration of Independence of Armenia is a fundamental legal document adopted at the first session of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR on August 23, 1990, which proclaims the beginning of the process of establishing independent statehood and outlines the fundamental principles of Armenian statehood.

The Declaration of Independence of Armenia is the first political legal document in which the freely expressed will and rights of the Armenian people are enshrined, and it also serves as a roadmap for the Armenian people (every Armenian) in the aftermath of the Genocide, scattered across the planet Earth.

His Holiness the Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of all Armenians, the primate of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Vazgen I, prepared special chrism, consecrated the holy chrism, and anointed the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Armenia with it.

The Declaration of Independence cannot be altered: no one can change a foundational document in which the will of the people (their testament) and the rights of the people are enshrined.

 

8. Atrpatakan (Atropatena), Republic of Azerbaijan

The artificial state called “Azerbaijan”, the so-called Republic of Azerbaijan, was created in May 1918 and has no relation to one of the most ancient states of the region – Atrpatakan.

As all encyclopedias indicate: “Atropatena (Atropatena) or Media Atropatena, Lesser Media. Historical region and ancient state in the northwest of modern Iran. Approximately corresponds to the territory of Iranian Azerbaijan.

The Iranian name Atropatena is the most ancient of the names of the Western Caspian region known to science, which has come down to us from Greek sources. It subsequently changed, taking the form of “Aderbadagan” among the Persians, “Atrpatakan” among the Armenians, and “Aderbaijan” and “Azerbaijan” among the Arabs, meaning “land of fire”, which was associated with the widespread use of fire worship here.

In the first half of the 2nd century BC, in wars with the Armenian king Artashes I, Atropatena lost significant territories in the north, namely its Caspian coast, Fawnitis and southeastern Vaspurakan (east of Lake Van), which have since gone to Greater Armenia. During the reign of Ariobarzanes, an ally of Rome, Octavian Augustus gave him the royal crown of Armenia, but he was able to reign for only 2 years, from 2 to 4 AD.

After the death of Ariobarzanes, the Romans gave the royal crown of Armenia to Ariobarzanes’ son, Artavazd II, who also became the king of Armenia under the name of Artavazd III. At the beginning of the 1st century CE, the Parthian king Artabanus II made his son the king of Atropatena, and subsequently all the kings of the country came from the Arsacid dynasty. After the fall of the Arsacid dynasty, Atropatena became part of the Sassanid state.

In the middle of the 7th century (between 639 and 643) Atropatena was conquered by the Arab Caliphate and formed a separate province within it with its capital in the city of Ardabil. It was one of the religious centers of Persia. According to some legends, the city of Urmia was considered the birthplace of the prophet Zoroaster.”

As noted at the beginning, the so-called Republic of Azerbaijan was created only in May 1918 as a result of the political changes that occurred after the First World War and the collapse of the Russian Empire.

On May 26, 1918, when the Transcaucasian Sejm decided to dissolve and disintegrate the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic, the independent states of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan were formed.

On the same day, May 26, 1918, the Georgian Democratic Republic was proclaimed. On May 28, 1918, the Azerbaijani faction declared independence and the creation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and then, on the same day, May 28, 1918, the Armenian faction in the Transcaucasian Sejm supported the idea of ​​creating a separate Armenian state and proclaimed the independence of the Republic of Armenia.

The Republic of Armenia laid claim to the territory of the Erivan Governorate (including Nakhichevan) and parts of the historical Armenian-populated territories of other governorates of the former Russian Empire (Artsakh, including Nagorno-Karabakh and Javakhk), which roughly corresponded to the historical Eastern Armenia.

The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic laid claim to the territories of the former Baku and Yelizavetpol provinces, including areas with a mixed population – the historical Armenian territories of Karabakh and Zangezur.

The independence of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan was short-lived, and after the establishment of Soviet power in the region in 1920-1921, these republics became part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic in 1922, part of the USSR.

After the establishment of Soviet power in Azerbaijan and the formation of the Azerbaijan SSR, through the efforts of the Bolsheviks, represented by Lenin and Stalin, proceeding from their political goals, the illegal Moscow and Kars treaties were signed, and an illegal decision was made by the Caucasian Bureau of the RCP(b), in accordance with which the original Armenian historical territories of Artsakh (including Nagorno-Karabakh, Plain and Northern Karabakh) and Nakhichevan were transferred to the Azerbaijan SSR.

As General Anton Ivanovich Denikin, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the South of Russia, who fought against the Bolsheviks during the Civil War, wrote in his book, “Essays on the Russian Time of Troubles”: “Everything in the Azerbaijan Republic was artificial, ‘not real’, starting with the name, borrowed from one of the provinces of Persia. An artificial territory, embracing the Lezgin Zakatala, the Armenian-Tatar Baku and Elisavetpol provinces and the Russian Mugan, and united by Turkish policy as an outpost of pan-Turkism and pan-Islamism in the Caucasus… An artificial statehood, since on these lands, lying on the path of the great migration of peoples and exposed to the influence of various cultures of successive conquerors, there always lived disparate small tribes, who were at war with each other and still retained features of a nomadic way of life. Finally, the Azerbaijani government was also artificially maintained: initially by the will of Nuri Pasha, then by General Thomson and later simply by inertia.”

Even such an ardent Armenophobe and anti-Semite, the Russian publicist, public and political figure of the late 19th century Vasily Velichko (1860-1904) in his book “The Caucasus”, published in 1904, notes: “… in their main origin, the Azerbaijanis are Turks, Turanians, blood relatives of the ancient Oghuz, Seljuks, modern Turks…”.

Neither in the Russian Empire nor in the Soviet Union until 1936 were there any nationalities called “Azerbaijani”. All population censuses indicated only “Caucasian Tatars” and “Turks”.

Thus, according to the first All-Union Population Census of the USSR in 1926 (including the Azerbaijan SSR), there was not a single Azerbaijani on the territory of the country – as in the times of the Russian Empire, there were only “Caucasian Tatars” and “Turks”. This remained until 1936, when by decision of Stalin this nationality was renamed “Azerbaijani”, in accordance with the name of this republic – the Azerbaijan SSR.

In 1936, the Turkic population of the Azerbaijan SSR had their old documents confiscated, where the column for “nationality” stated “Turk” (türk), and were issued new ones, containing the newly introduced ethnonym “Azerbaijani” (Azərbaycanlı). During the All-Union Population Census of the USSR in 1937, the nationality “Turk” was already replaced by “Azerbaijani”.

Even the President of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev (in Soviet times he was the Chairman of the KGB of the Republic, and later the First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan) spoke about this publicly. In his speech in the Milli Majlis (parliament) of Azerbaijan, he said: “…This is our fate. In the Russian Empire we were called “Tatars”, the Russian governors here called us “Tatars”, they wrote “Tatars” in the documents. After that, in 1918 they came and called us “Turks”. Glory to the Almighty. From 1918 to 1936, for 18 years they called us “Turks”, and the language “Turkish”. From 1936 until now, for 60 years we have been saying “Azerbaijani” and the Azerbaijani language. What should we do now? If we do not answer these questions, we will not be able to pass a law…”.

Let us add that many analysts call Azerbaijan a branch of the British oil company “British Petroleum”.

All the above facts clearly confirm that everything in the genocidal state of “Azerbaijan” – the so-called Republic of Azerbaijan, is artificial and illegal – neither the name, nor the territory, nor the statehood, nor the nationality, nor the language, and have no relation to the ancient states and autochthonous peoples of the region.

 

9. Armenian Genocide, Genocide of Indigenous Peoples, Pan-Turkism

The Genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey began in the 1870s after the emergence of the theory of Pan-Turkism. Twenty years later, the first implementer of this theory was Sultan Hamid. Later, the Young Turks and Kemalists continued the work…

The Armenian Genocide was carried out during 1894–1923. from the three successive governments of Turkey: the Sultan, the Young Turks and the Kemalists, and later the republican․ Carried out in the Ottoman Empire, Western Armenia, Cilicia, Eastern Armenia, Baku, Shushi… Throughout the living space of the Armenian people.

Moreover, the same policy of state terrorism was carried out against other ancient peoples of the Middle East: the Greeks, Assyrians, Yazidis…

Turkey’s Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian Christians, who predominated in the region before its colonisation by Turkic Muslims, were subjected to a “staggered campaign of genocide” from 1894 to 1924, which reduced them from 20 per cent of the population to less than 2 per cent, according to Israeli researchers. (Israeli Researchers: Turkey’s Greek, Armenian, and Assyrian Christians Destroyed by “30-year Genocide”, by Jack Montgomery, 19 May 2019).

Currently, his follower is the President of Turkey Recep Erdogan.

The follower of the policy of the Armenian Genocide in the territory of the Western Caspian region – Azerbaijan is the Musavat Party, which was founded in 1911.

And since 1918 – all governments of the so-called Republic of Azerbaijan to this day, including the current President Ilham Aliyev.

The Armenian Genocide in the territory of Azerbaijan and Artsakh was committed in 1918-2023 by the Musavat Party and successive governments of the three republics of Azerbaijan through ethnic cleansing, deportations and Genocides of Armenians in Baku (1918), Shusha (1920), Nakhichevan, Sumgait (1988), Baku (1990), Shaumyan, Gandzak, Utik, Gardman, Artsakh.

Moreover, the same policy of state terrorism was carried out against other autochthonous peoples of the Western Caspian region: Talysh, Lezgins, Avars, Udins…

On the one hand of these monstrous crimes are the enormous human and material losses inflicted on the Armenian, Greek, Assyrian, Yezidi, Talysh, Lezgin, Avar, Udi and other peoples, and on the other hand, the outrageous fact that the Genocide against these peoples has not stopped and continues to this day.

An effective way to protect against Genocide is to organize a nationwide and comprehensive defense of the country and the people.

 

10. Cultural Genocide in relation to the heritage of indigenous peoples

Along with the Genocide committed against the peoples living in the Ottoman Empire, the Turkish Republic, on the territory of the Western Caspian region – the so-called Republic of Azerbaijan, a Cultural Genocide was committed against the national-cultural and civilizational heritage of the same indigenous peoples.

According to official data, by the beginning of 1914, the total number of churches and monasteries in the territory of Western Armenia and the Ottoman Empire was 2,549 (including unique early Christian monuments of the 4th-5th centuries), most of which were robbed, burned and destroyed during the genocide.

According to UNESCO data from 1974, after 1923, out of 913 surviving Armenian historical and architectural monuments, 464 were completely destroyed, 252 were in ruins, and 197 were in need of major restoration. And today there is almost nothing left to restore – Türkiye systematically destroyed them.

The Republic of Azerbaijan is a state whose government destroyed and continues to destroy many of the greatest ancient monuments, churches the cultural heritage of the Armenian people. An eloquent example of this is the fact of the destruction of 89 medieval Armenian churches, 5480 khachkars and 22.700 tombstones, including 400 khachkars in Agulis and the destruction of thousands of medieval original and ancient khachkars of Djuga in Nakhichevan in 2005.

 

11. The issue of compensation for material losses suffered by the Armenian people during the First World War

In 1919, according to the calculations of the Special Committee acting within the Special Commission of the Paris Peace Conference, the material losses of the Armenian people during the First World War amounted to more than 19 billion (19,130,982,000) French francs, which today, according to professional expert opinion, is 286,964,730,000 euros or more than 300 billion (312,791,555,700) US dollars.

To this day, the Republic of Turkey has not reimbursed this amount to the Armenian people.

This decision on compensation does not take into account the numerous and varied losses, including human, spiritual, cultural, architectural, financial and others, inflicted on the Armenian people by Turkey and Azerbaijan as a result of the long series of Armenian Genocides committed.

Turkey has committed the Armenian Genocide since 1894-1896, which continues to this day.

Azerbaijan has been committing the Armenian Genocide since 1918 and continues to this day.

There are two ways to stop the Genocide: protecting the country and convicting the perpetrators.

 

12. Pan-Turkism as a nationalistic, aggressive and dangerous theory

The theory of pan-Turkism is a very dangerous, aggressive and nationalist theory, which is a great threat to all the peoples and states of the Middle East, the Caucasus, Asia. Including for peoples and states of Turkic origin. Pan-Turkism cannot be controlled, it is an uncontrollable theory. Pan-Turkism is capable of turning any region and state into chaos, including all the above-mentioned regions. In that sense, it is more correct to prevent the threat than to make superhuman efforts to neutralize it later.

The theory of pan-Turkism, as a dangerous, aggressive and nationalistic theory, must be condemned and banned, as well as fascism, including the condemnation of the two leaders – followers of the theory of pan-Turkism, the Republic of Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Among Muslim states you will not find another state that encourages the Genocide of peoples, the destruction of their cultural values ​​- commits Cultural Genocide. In this sense, the artificial state formations of Turkey and Azerbaijan are not true Muslim states. Islam does not preach the destruction of other nations and their cultures on the basis of national or religious affiliation.

The Caliph of the Arab Caliphate, cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib (602-661), in the Covenant he signed with the Christians of Armenia strictly commands:“They should not be molested or oppressed. Their country should not be taken from them. They should not be alienated from their country. The priests should not be converted from Christianity. The monks and hermits should not be disturbed in their solitudes, nor removed from their monasteries. Their preachers should not be prohibited to preach. Their habitations and their hereditary lands should not be devastated. Nobody should remove or to pull down the bells from the steeples of their Churches. This is the law which I have made for them. But, those who shall infringe my Covenant, by disobeying my behests, shall be transgressors of the ordinance of God, and shall suffer severe punishments and eternal penalties”.

 

13. The tasks of Armenia yesterday and today, the defense of the country and the protection of rights

We do not believe those statements that Armenia, the Armenian people and the Armenian army do not have the potential to resist genocidal states and have no friends. We understand that this is also done with one goal.

As in 1920, so today, by the same methods and forms, from the position of the threat of using force, to force the Armenian people to accept the signing of treaties imposed by aggressors and genocidal states.

That is, the tasks of Armenia yesterday and today not only did not change, but became even more complicated. Therefore, the demand not met yesterday must be met today, and in short, we must quickly and competently prepare for a comprehensive all-national defense and protection of the rights of the Armenian people. It is preferable to organize the defense along the lines of the organization of the Swiss Armed Forces.

In the modern world, this is the only way to ensure the right of the Armenian people to existence, development and future.

 

14. In this situation, the entire Armenian people is a political and legal subject

In the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century, there were Genocides that were carried out in one country or another with the “maintenance” of order, constitutionality and other “justifications”.

Meanwhile, the true and final goal of all these Genocides is the redistribution of resources in favor of usurious capital, the manifestation of which is the global financial market.

For 130 years, Genocide has been carried out in the Armenian Highlands and adjacent territories against the indigenous people, the Armenians.

One of the stages of the plan to exterminate the Armenians is the 44-day war against Artsakh, the blockade of Artsakh, the ethnic cleansing of the Armenians of Artsakh, deportation and Genocide.

In this situation, the entire Armenian people are already a political subject, having the right to take all necessary measures to prevent new acts of Genocidal actions against themselves.

The Armenian people throughout the world, including the Republic of Armenia, using all their potential and opportunities, striving to find justice and support, have the right to appeal to the international community and international arbitration bodies on these issues…

In parallel, they have the right to begin a new process of national defense and protection of rights.

Such coordinated actions are vital for the Armenian people.

By becoming such a political entity, it is capable of taking upon itself a fair and final settlement of the Armenian Question, as well as ensuring its fundamental rights to existence, development and future.

 

15. The role of the state of Armenia and HAYK in the life of the Armenian people

The State of Armenia (Republic of Western Armenia) confirms that it takes upon itself the protection of all rights granted to the Armenian people by the international community.

It is for this reason that in 2018 it was decided to send petitions to the UN, the UN Security Council, the European Parliament with a request to implement the rights granted to the Armenian people.

Accordingly, in 2024 On March 31, we announced that the State of Armenia (Republic of Western Armenia) is a full-fledged and legal representative in matters of protection and realization of the rights of the Armenian people, up to “Rights Claims”.

At the same time, we declare that the HAYK is the only representative of the Armenian civilization, representing all Armenians and carrying out the civilizing mission of the Armenian people.

 

Additional materials and documentation on the political-legal, historical-civilizational justifications presented in this package of historical documents and events will be presented by our expert structure in the form of a separate Appendix and Note.

 

Martik Gasparyan

President of the State of Armenia (Republic of Western Armenia)

 

Tigran Pashabezyan

Prime Minister of the State of Armenia (Republic of Western Armenia)

 

Armen Ter-Sarkisian

President of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Western Armenia

 

28 May 2025