Independence and Nagorno-Karabakh no longer hold any value for Armenian society: We are no longer the people of 1988, said PR company president Armen Badalyan at a press conference today.<\/p>\n
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According to him, even if today an Azerbaijani flag were to flutter on Shushi, there would be no public outcry.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“I’m presenting you with official figures: according to Armenia’s Migration Department [the Migration Agency of the Ministry of Territorial Administration], over the last 20 years, one million people have left Armenia; according to Gallup’s latest data, another million plan to leave. It turns out that out of… 3.5 million, one million have left, [and] one million will leave in the coming years. Let me add that after March 1 [2008], the third wave of emigration began in Armenia,” said Badalyan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“If we have such an picture of emigration, what uprising mass movement are you talking about,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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“It can be considered that Armenia de facto can not exist,” he said.<\/p>\n
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PR Specialist Karen Kocharyan, also present at today’s press conference, agreed with Badalyan, saying that independence is no longer something of value for Armenian society.<\/p>\n
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“They celebrate Valentine’s Day better than Independence Day,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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