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YEREVAN, Apr 5A rally in support of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, organized by the opposition parliamentary factions «Armenia» and «I have the Honor», is taking place in the center of Yerevan, RIA Novosti correspondent reports. in Brussels. Oppositionists fear that during the meeting, Pashinyan may make new concessions to Azerbaijan. Those present chant «Armenia, get up», «Artsakh — get up», «Armenian people, get up.» MP from the «Armenia» faction Vahe Hakobyan said during the rally, that Azerbaijan is forcing its five points, which are fully in line with Baku, to be accepted as the basis for the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty. «Our government only introduces some aspects in these proposals, raising the issue of the security of the people of Artsakh (the self-name of Karabakh — ed.), and not its statehood, and status, not self-determination,» Hakobyan said. The Armenian Prime Minister said earlier that Yerevan is ready to the immediate start of peace negotiations and the signing of a peace treaty with Baku. He expressed hope that during the meeting on April 6 in Brussels, he will discuss with the Azerbaijani President all issues related to the start of peace talks.Rights and freedoms restricted in NKR under declared martial law Earlier, the head of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, Leyla Abdullayeva, said that Baku conveyed to Yerevan five basic principles for normalizing relations between the two states. Among them — mutual recognition of sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability of international borders and political independence of each other, mutual renunciation of territorial claims, including in the future. Azerbaijan also proposes to refrain from threats to security in interstate relations, the use of threats and force against political independence and territorial integrity, to delimit and demarcate the border, establish diplomatic relations and open transport communications. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said at the end of March that Baku's proposals on normalization of bilateral relations is nothing unacceptable. However, according to him, these proposals did not reveal the entire agenda of potential negotiations, and for a comprehensive peace, the Armenian side supplemented the agenda with its proposals, passing them on to the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. According to him, representatives of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries (Russia, France and the United States) reported that the Armenian proposals were submitted to official Baku, but no response has yet been received from Azerbaijan.
The heads of the parliaments of Azerbaijan and Armenia argued over Karabakh