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the separatist regime Arthur Aghabekyan is quoted to have said that “[t]he implementation of the repatriation program of the Araks River coast will open new working places” and “[t]he Government intends to prepare 10,000 hectares of land for farming”. He further added that 400 hectares of land was exploited in 2013 and 1000 hectares would be allocated to the farmers in 2014. 157 Newly built houses for the Armenian settlers in the Khanlyg village in the occupied Gubadly district of Azerbaijan │Photo from www.nkrlottery.am│2014 To finance resettlement projects, a “National Artsakh Lottery” programme was launched in 2013. 158 Some 300,000 tickets were put into circulation worldwide and mostly were sold to government agencies, employees of businesses and private individuals in Armenia and elsewhere. 159 The profit gained from the realization of lottery tickets (about AMD 300 million) was directed to the development of infrastructure, repatriation and other projects, including construction of 37 dwelling houses in Khanlyg village in the occupied Gubadly district. 160 Of grave concern is evidence of resettlement of Syrian Armenians in the occupied territories 161 and direct involvement in that process of the government agencies of Armenia, including its Ministry of Diaspora, as well as other political organizations of Armenia. 162 Many Armenians from Syria, particularly from Syrian towns of Qamishli and Aleppo, are resettled in the occupied Zangilan, Gubadly and Lachyn districts. 163 Most of them settle down in Zangilan 164 and Minjivan towns of the Zangilan district and Khanlyg village of the Gubadly district, while others move to the occupied Khojaly district and other occupied areas. 165 157 See “Repatriation and rebirth of Karabakh settlements get flesh and blood: Deputy PM”, Armenpress.am, 30 January 2014, . 158 Ibid. 159 Ibid. See also “Artsakh Lottery Winner Claims Car Prize”, Asbarez.com, 18 March 2014, . 160 See . 161 See “Syria’s Armenians look to ancient homeland for safety”, BBC News, 10 September 2015, ; “Armenia: Syrian Refugees Resettling in Occupied Azerbaijani Territory”, EurasiaNet.com, 28 January 2013, ; UN Doc. A/67/952–S/2013/478, 13 August 2013; “Why Armenia is welcoming Syrian Armenians”, BBC News <strong>Report</strong>, 23 April 2015, ; “Karabakh Offers New Home to Syrian Armenians”, Institute for War & Peace <strong>Report</strong>ing,14 January 2013, ; “Around 200 Syrian Armenians live in Karabakh”, News.am, 03 October 2014, ; “Families Fleeing Syria Battle Raise Tension in Oil Region”, Bloomberg.com, 16 October 2013, ; “Kashatagh Governor: 29 Syrian-Armenian families live here now and another 40 are on a wait list”, Hetq.am, 22 August 2013, ; “New flats are built for Syrian Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh”, Armenpress.am, 05 August 2013, ; “Syrian Armenians settling in Karabakh”, News.am, 20 April 2013, ; “Garo and Mher: These Qamishli Armenians Plan to Stay in Kovsakan”, Hetq.am, 19 March 2013, ; “Relocation With a Reason: Some Syrian-Armenian families find advantages to resettle in Karabakh”, ArmeniaNow. com, 13 March 2013, . 162 See “Yerevan Expects Further Armenian Exodus From Syria”, Ecoi.net, 02 September 2013, . 163 See “28 Syrian-Armenian families live in Kashkatagh region of Karabakh”, News.am, 01 November 2014, ; “Armenian Family Split: Some Remain in Berdzor, Some Return to Qamshli”, Hetq.am, 09 January 2014, ; “Witness to Gyumri Earthquake and Syrian War Speaks About Life in Artsakh”, Hetq.am, 26 December 2013, ; See “Kashatagh Governor: 29 Syrian-Armenian families live here now and another 40 are on a wait list”, Hetq.am, 22 August 2013, ; “New flats are built for Syrian Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh”, Armenpress.am, 05 August 2013, ; “Homeland, but not Home: Syrians finding it hard to settle in Karabakh”, Armenianow. com, 30 July 2013, . 164 “Agricultural Project Supports Syrian Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh Republic”, AGBU, 16 January 2014, . 165 See “Stay or Leave? – Aleppo’s Asmaryan Brothers Attempt Agricultural Venture in Artsakh”, Hetq.am, 04 August 2015 . 33
Syrian Armenians settled in Lachyn and elsewhere are reportedly provided with apartments free of charge and with an “ownership right”. 166 To aid the construction and renovation of homes in the occupied Lachyn, Kalbajar and Zangilan districts, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s Yerevan-headquartered “Help Your Brother” program provided more than $32,000 to the “Kashatagh Foundation”. 167 Syrian Armenians are among the beneficiaries of the programmes designed for the resettlement of the occupied territories. 168 Thus, in 2014, Tufenkian Foundation that implements several resettlement projects in the occupied territories organised fundraisings and provided the construction materials for finishing the renovation of the apartment buildings in the town of Zangilan and in Khanlyg village, specifically for Syrian Armenian settlers. 169 In fact, the first Armenian family from Syria arrived to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan much earlier, in 2008, before the crisis in Syria broke out, while the first Armenians from the Middle East, namely from Beirut, were resettled in Mashadiismailly village in the Zangilan district back in 1999. 170 New residential building is built for the Syrian Armenians in the occupied town of Lachyn │Photo by Alvard Grigoryan │www.kavkaz-uzel.ru │12 February 2013 Poghosyan family from Syria settled in the occupied town of Lachyn │Photo by www.iwpr.net│14 January 2013 The Government of Armenia reportedly granted the Armenian citizenship to more than 90 percent of immigrants of Armenian origin from Syria. 171 Armenian passports are being issued for Syrian Armenians in Syria and Lebanon, as well as upon their arrival in Yerevan. 172 Armenian parliament passed a special legislation allowing waiving State duty for the passports issued for Armenians arriving from the Middle East. 173 So, by the time they reach the occupied territories, most of them acquire the citizenship of Armenia. The data on the number of Syrian Armenians transferred thus far into the occupied territories varies from one Armenian source to another. According to press reports, some 38 Armenian families from Syria, including from Kessab and Qamishli towns in Syria, were resettled in those territories, with more families expressing intention to follow the suit. 174 As of October 2012, Armenian sources reported of at least 800 settlers in total in the “southern part of Kashatagh region” (occupied Zangilan and Gubadly districts) alone, including also Armenians from Syria. 175 166 See “Relocation With a Reason: Some Syrian-Armenian families find advantages to resettle in Karabakh”, ArmeniaNow.com, 13 March 2013, . 167 See “The Housing Conundrum: Syrian Armenians in Armenia”, ArmenianWeekly.com, 14 January 2014, . 168 Ibid. 169 See “Housing for Syrian Armenians”, Tufenkian foundation.org, 25 November 2014, . 170 See “Illusions and Reality: The Vision of Ditsmayri”, Hetq.am, 4 September 2006, . 171 See Calin-Stefan, Georgia, “The Integration of Syrian-Armenians in the Republic of Armenia: A Case Study”, Romanian Journal of Political Science, Winter 2014. 172 See “389 Syrian-Armenians receive Armenian passports”, Armenpress.am, 18 November 2014, . 173 See “Armenian government reimbursing Syrian-Armenians for state duty for Armenian passports”, Armenpress.am, 24 February 2015, . 174 See “New flats are built for Syrian Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh”, Armeniansocietynetwork.com, . 175 See “Prime Minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Ara Harutyunyan visited Kovsakan”, Artsakhtoday.com, 10 October 2012, . 34
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Page 4 and 5: Contents A. Introduction 5 B. Execu
Page 6 and 7: A. Introduction At the end of 1987,
Page 8 and 9: The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmen co
Page 10 and 11: B. Executive Summary The examined e
Page 12 and 13: Armenian statistical information sh
Page 14 and 15: thus profit from and support the oc
Page 16 and 17: programmes that ultimately serve th
Page 18 and 19: the field commanders. 20 S.Ohanyan
Page 20 and 21: II. Continued attempts of Armenia t
Page 22 and 23: the country’s president.” 44 Ar
Page 24 and 25: the NKR.” 58 According to the Arm
Page 26 and 27: Armenian public to be a subsidiary
Page 28 and 29: planning, development of collaborat
Page 30 and 31: Settlement activities in the occupi
Page 32 and 33: and mechanical growth. 134 In 2001,
Page 36 and 37: Orientation for the newly arrived S
Page 38 and 39: There are reports that Syrian Armen
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Page 42 and 43: as of 2013. Thus, for example, whil
Page 44 and 45: X. Providing products, investments,
Page 46 and 47: in Armenia lack sufficient financia
Page 48 and 49: consists of public figures and busi
Page 50 and 51: percent shares of Armenia's Armswis
Page 52 and 53: Armenia’s Prime Minister Hovik Ab
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Page 58 and 59: The Asmaryan family from Syria work
Page 60 and 61: Former Prime Minister Tigran Sargsy
Page 62 and 63: Bako Sahakyan visits agricultural f
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Page 68 and 69: Wheat and other crops harvested in
Page 70 and 71: Back in February 1995, the National
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Page 80 and 81: Prime Minister of Armenia Hovik Abr
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protection) in the Bashitchay Natio
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As of 2015, approximately 460 mines
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Juma Mosque in the occupied city of
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E. Obligations and Responsibility u
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should follow the UN Guiding Princi
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No exception or provision for derog
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the invoked laws cannot be consider
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“One of the cornerstones of the l
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Serious breaches of obligations und
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Nagorno-Karabakh was unilaterally d
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A large number of domestic criminal
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F. Urgent Measures to Cease and Rev
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G. ANNEXES Original designations of
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