The group " recognizes that reparations claims and initiatives are typically met with skepticism by those outside the victim group , including individuals who are sympathetic to the suffering of the victim group . ... There are those who would object to this report not on the grounds that its analysis is wrong or inadequate , but that the quest for reparations for the Armenian Genocide , especially a return of land , is very unlikely to succeed . " -- > Although the platform of the national liberal Heritage party makes no explicit reference to territorial claims , its leader and some its members have expressed their support for them . Heritage supports the formal recognition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic by Armenia and has introduced bills for the recognition of the NKR to the Armenian National Assembly in 2007 , 2010 , and 2012 . Although all three attempts were voted down by the ruling Republican Party . Its leader , Raffi Hovannisian ( post-Soviet Armenia 's first foreign minister ) , has hinted at Western Armenia , Javakhk and Nakhichevan with " vague formulations . " For instance , during a 2013 speech about his future plans Hovannisian stated that " only with the existence of a government belonging to the people will we have awareness of our national interest — with Artsakh , Javakhk , Western Armenia — and future for our children . " In 2011 , a leading party member , Zaruhi Postanjyan , stated in an open letter to presidents of Armenia and NKR that by organizing a repatriation of diaspora Armenians to Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh , " we will create a base for the liberation of our entire homeland . " In an April 2015 conference on the Armenian Genocide centenary Postanjyan stated that Armenia should " restore its territorial integrity " by claiming the " territory of its historic homeland . " When asked about how realistic Armenian claims to its historic lands are , Heritage leader Hovannisian responded : " Today 's romantic will become tomorrow 's realist . " In an opinion piece published in '' The Jerusalem Post '' on April 11 , 2015 Hovannisian wrote that Turkey occupies Western Armenia and called for " the creation of an Armenian national hearth in historic Western Armenia . " He added , " negotiations between the republics of Turkey and Armenia triggering the first-ever sovereign reciprocal demarcation of the official frontier , including but not limited to provisions for an Armenian easement to the Black Sea . " The modern use of United Armenia by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( ARF ) encompasses the following areas : In the aftermath of the Nagorno-Karabakh War , the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic , supported by the Republic of Armenia , took control over the territory of some 11,500 km2 , including several districts outside of the originally claimed borders of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijani SSR , creating a " buffer zone " . Kelbajar and Lachin districts guarantee solid land corridor between Armenia proper and Nagorno-Karabakh . Between 500,000 and 600,000 Azerbaijanis were displaced from the area . In the meantime , almost all Armenians from Azerbaijan ( between 300,000 and 400,000 ) and Azerbaijanis from Armenia ( over 150,000 ) were forced to move to their respective countries as remaining in their homes became nearly impossible since tensions between the two groups have grown worse since the start of the conflict in 1988
Armenian Genocide centenary
100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide
United Armenia