Artsakh’s National Renaissance Party has denounced comments recently made by Armenia National Assembly Vice President Hermineh Naghdalyan to the effect that ‘we do not need those territories surrounding the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region’.

Naghdalyan made the comment in a meeting she had with reporters at the parliament on April 25.

Hayk Khanoumyan (photo), president of the National Renaissance party and an Artsakh MP, stated that Naghdalyan’s defeatist statement is an insult to the honor of the Artsakh people.

The party says that Naghdalyan’s continued tenure as parliament vice-president and head of Armenia’s PACE delegation runs counter to the interests of Artsakh and all Armenians.