The representatives of the forcibly displaced Armenian population from Nagorno-Karabakh issued a statement stating that as a result of the 44-day war of 2020 and the forced deportations carried out by Azerbaijan, tens of thousands of Armenians in Hadrut, Shushi, Askeran, Martun, and Martakert regions of Nagorno Karabakh are currently deprived of the right to live in their homeland. :

It is said in the statement.

"Back in the 1990s, tens of thousands of Armenian population of Shahumyan region, Getashen sub-region were also forcibly displaced by Azerbaijan.

Meanwhile, in point 7 of the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020, the leaders of the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Russian Federation committed to ensuring the return of internally displaced persons and refugees to Nagorno-Karabakh and neighboring regions under the supervision of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which to date did not happen.

Taking into account the need to restore the rights of the population forcibly displaced from Nagorno Karabakh, as well as the obligations assumed by Azerbaijan under point 7 of the tripartite declaration of November 9, 2020, we request the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev with this letter to recognize the urgent imperative to restore the violated rights of Armenian refugees, to ensure their safety and a dignified return to their historic lands and former settlements by their obligations under human and humanitarian law.

We call on the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, as the 2020 signatory party to the tripartite statement of November 9, to show a consistent approach to the implementation of all international legal and political mechanisms, which will be aimed at ensuring the performance of the international obligations undertaken by Azerbaijan. At the same time, please create additional tools for more effective protection of the rights and interests of refugees, voicing and promoting their legal demands.

We call on the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, to ensure the implementation of the requirements of the tripartite declaration of November 9, 2020, with the frameworks defined by international law and all possible political levers, taking into account his status as the head of the state that signed the declaration and thereby fulfilling the requirements of the order the circumstance of being a guarantor.

We appeal to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, to organize, monitor and ensure the return of the Armenian population displaced from the territories under Azerbaijani control, as well as to support the implementation of practical and applicable international guarantees for the security of returnees, including the deployment of peacekeeping forces.

At the same time, we draw the attention of the High Commissioner to the fact that the Azerbaijani authorities are currently implementing programs of illegal resettlement of Azerbaijanis in our settlements, hindering our return and illegally seizing our property.

We present this letter as organizations created by people who became refugees and were forcibly displaced due to the 44-day 2020 and the first Nagorno Karabakh war, representing their interests, protecting their rights, and acting on their behalf.