Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s speeches as president reveal deeply rooted racism, hatred towards the Azerbaijani people, and policies of occupation entrenched in the country’s political circles.

Axar.az reports that these views were expressed in a statement by the Western Azerbaijan Community.

The statement notes that Armenia has essentially adopted an approach of “no population, no problem” to pursue an ethnic cleansing policy against the Azerbaijani people. This once again proves that the essence of Armenian statehood has remained unchanged—from Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s so-called "Armenian national liberation struggle" and field commanders like Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan to the “democratic” rule of Nikol Pashinyan. The conflict initiated by Armenia in 1987 aimed to create a monoethnic space through ethnic cleansing and to build a mythical “Greater Armenia” using Azerbaijani territories. The current Armenian government continues this crime by preventing the return of deported Azerbaijanis.

“Even after more than 30 years, the fact that Armenian society and the Armenian diaspora either support or attempt to cover up Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s aforementioned remarks deeply disappoints us, the Western Azerbaijanis. However, Armenia will not succeed in erasing or denying the traces of these systematic and bloody crimes.

We call on the international community to condemn Armenia’s racist policies and to urge it to engage in dialogue with the Western Azerbaijan Community. The Western Azerbaijan Community will continue its efforts within the framework of international law to hold Armenia accountable and to ensure the peaceful, safe, and dignified return of Western Azerbaijanis to their ancestral lands,” the statement reads.