"The challenge of independence is to preserve Tigranashen," Narek Karapetyan said.
21-09-2026 17:27 Armenia Politics
azatutyun.am The largest parliamentary opposition force, "Strong Armenia," today celebrated the 35th anniversary of Armenia's independence in Tigranashen and organized a tree planting event:
The Prime Minister has not yet responded to the project of celebrating Independence Day in Tigranashen and creating a tourist center here:
Recently, the Armenian leader has been referring to Tigranashen by its Azerbaijani name, Kyarki, claiming that according to the maps representing the territories of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the time of the adoption of the Almaty Declaration in 1991, Kyarki, Barkhudarlu, and Yukhari Askiparan are not part of Armenia, and that currently, the territory of Artsvashen under Azerbaijani control is part of Armenia:
However, Pashinyan has not clarified how his government plans to resolve the fate of Tigranashen, which came under Armenia's control during the first Armenian-Azerbaijani war of the 1990s:
The leader of the opposition faction, Narek Karapetyan, expressed today that the construction permit for their tourism project may be "problematic." He noted that the permit is necessary for the restaurant sector:
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