Armenia is once again facing a question that goes to the heart of its future: does it genuinely intend to close the chapter of conflict with Azerbaijan, or does part of its political establishment still want to preserve the narrative that produced the conflict in the first place?

The question has become particularly relevant following remarks by Armenian opposition MP Arega Hovsepyan of the Strong Armenia faction. Speaking to journalists on 19 September at the Yerablur military cemetery, Hovsepyan described the people illegally fighting in Azerbaijan's territories as a “victorious people” rather than a people who had been brought to their knees.

She said that 19 September was a day of mourning for Armenians and paid tribute to those who, in her words, had defended their "homeland" “until the last bullet, believing that there was nowhere left to retreat. She added that Armenians remained indebted to those who had fought, regardless of what “some people” inside or outside the country might say.

Her remarks did not stop there. Hovsepyan also raised the problems facing people who left Azerbaijan's Qarabag of their own volition and are now living in Armenia, arguing that many no longer know which doors to knock on for........

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