Armenian MP Levon Kocharyan, representing the Armenia faction, harshly criticized the statement by Armenia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), which declared that following the decree on the dissolution of Nagorno-Karabakh, the issue of the rights of Artsakh Armenians has been removed from the negotiation agenda with Azerbaijan.

"It is difficult to describe this MFA response as anything other than a betrayal—denialist and anti-national," Kocharyan wrote on his Telegram page.

Previously, the MFA had stated: "We have repeatedly declared that during negotiations with Azerbaijan, Armenia was working to ensure the safety and rights of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, including through the creation of an international mechanism to address these issues. Efforts were also directed at organizing meetings between representatives of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh in third countries, which were rejected by Nagorno-Karabakh. After the forced displacement of Nagorno-Karabakh’s Armenian population and the publication of the decree on its dissolution, this issue has been removed from the agenda of the interstate normalization process between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan."

On September 19, 2023, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale offensive against Artsakh, subjecting the region to massive shelling. On September 20, the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh accepted a ceasefire proposal from the Russian peacekeeping mission, agreeing to Baku's terms, including the disarmament of the Defense Army and the dissolution of the Republic of Artsakh. Starting from September 24, over 100,000 Artsakh Armenians were forcibly displaced to Armenia. According to some sources, only about 20 Armenians remained in Artsakh. On September 28, Artsakh President Samvel Shahramanyan signed a decree on the republic's dissolution, which came into effect on January 1, 2024.