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    NGOs FOR REFUGEES

    Lragir.am
    30 June 06

    The NGOs protecting the interests of Armenian refugees from Soviet
    Azerbaijan and Nakhidjevan made a statement June 30 on joining in an
    effort to protect the rights of the Armenian refugees and recovering
    moral and material losses. The authors of the statement signed an
    agreement on establishing acivil society network `Refugees and the
    International Law'.

    The organizations inside the network report that the international
    community ignores the rights of 500 thousand Armenian refugees from
    Soviet Azerbaijan and Nakhidjevan. There is no adequate assistance
    from the Armenian government either.

    Considering that the talks for Karabakh are considering the return of
    some regions controlled by the NKR Defense Army and resettlement of
    Azerbaijanis in this region, the NGOs invite the Armenian and the
    international community to include the question of refugees from
    Soviet Azerbaijan and Nakhidjevan in the talks. Moreover, considering
    the fact that Armenians comprised about 8 percent of the population of
    Soviet Azerbaijan (excluding the Armenians ofNKR), the founders of the
    new civil network think 8 percent of the territory of the Azerbaijani
    Republic should be given to them as compensation for their
    homes. Hence, the members of the network are against returning the
    territories.

    Adding that since 1988 400 thousand Armenian refugees from Soviet
    Azerbaijan and Nakhidjevan have been sheltered in Armenia and NKR, in
    the parliamentary election 2007 they are going to support the parties,
    which will uphold the interests of refugees from Soviet Azerbaijan and
    Nakhidjevan.
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