Participants of the congress in Paris called on Armenians to speak out against the current government.

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Participants in the National Mobilization Congress of the Armenian Diaspora, held in Paris, declared the need to mobilize against the current government in Armenia and to defend the Armenian Apostolic Church and the rights of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.

On April 11-12, the National Mobilization Congress of the Armenian Diaspora was held in Paris. More than 150 representatives of public, political, human rights, religious, and business organizations from Armenia and 26 countries, as well as representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh, participated. Following the congress, a declaration was distributed assessing geopolitical realities and declaring the need to mobilize around pan-Armenian agendas.

The event was organized by the Diaspora Mobilization Coordination Committee with the support of the European Armenian Federation for Justice and Democracy (EAFJD), the Armenian National Committee (ANC), and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF), the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told on April 13 by the ARF Dashnaktsutyun Nagorno-Karabakh press service in Yerevan.

The statement calls for the need to "recognize the current course of the Armenian authorities as 'anti-national,' leading to the loss of sovereignty, demand the immediate release of all Armenian prisoners and political hostages held in Baku, the internationalization of the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) issue, and the protection of the rights of its people to self-determination, despite Yerevan's attempts to close this "[This is a question.]"

Congress participants also demanded "protecting the Armenian Apostolic Church from state interference, strengthening the Armenian education system in the Diaspora to counter assimilation," "condemning the policy of dividing the Diaspora into 'us' and 'them,' and creating institutional mechanisms for the participation of Diaspora professionals in government, but only after a change in political course." The statement also included "a direct call to all Armenian citizens living abroad to come to Armenia on June 7, 2026, for the national elections and vote against the current government."

ARF Dashnaktsutyun Bureau member Hovsep Ter-Gevorgyan stated in his speech that "for the diaspora, a red line is any attempt to belittle the Armenian Genocide, as well as the ceding of the historical rights of Artsakh and the Armenian people to the demands of Azerbaijan and Turkey in the name of an uncertain 'peace'."

"Armenia is the source of the diaspora's vitality, and the diaspora is the source of Armenia's vitality. Armenia's problems are not only the problems of those living in Armenia. "These are pan-Armenian and national problems, the solution to which requires pan-Armenian efforts," stated ARF representative Ishkhan Saghatelyan.

Taron Ter-Khachaturyan, a representative of the Armenian Diaspora, stated: "We will overcome the disappointments of the last 6-8 years, and the Diaspora's potential will be directed toward strengthening Armenia's statehood."

Jonathan Spangenberg, President of the Switzerland-Armenia Association, noted that "what happened in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is genocide." "We have something to say and do on this issue. Ahead of the 8th European Political Community Summit, which will take place on May 4 in Armenia, the diaspora has the opportunity to raise the issue of the rights of the Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), taking into account the Genocide Convention and the obligation to prevent it."

At the Nagorno-Karabakh representative office in Yerevan, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was informed that the Speaker of the National Assembly, Acting President of Nagorno-Karabakh Ashot Danielyan, in his speech at the congress in Paris, emphasized that "the topic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) is not closed - these are not just words, but an irreversible obligation", "the trinity of "Artsakh-Armenia-Diaspora" should become the basis of the national agenda, policy, and daily work."

"We expect that the coordinated actions of the Armenians will make it possible to keep the issue of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) on the international agenda, achieve the return of prisoners, support the legitimate structures of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), protect heritage and restore the rights of the residents."

Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsman Gegham Stepanyan addressed the rights of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh in his speech at the congress. "The people of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) alone cannot resist the violations of their rights that they face daily. A pan-Armenian struggle is necessary against the denial of the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), for the rights and return of the Armenian hostages held in Baku, a dignified life and integration of the Artsakh people in Armenia, the right to return, property, and other fundamental rights," Stepanyan listed the main points of his speech.