Artsakh people strongly oppose ceding too much to Azerbaijan

PanARMENIAN.Net - People in Nagorno Karabakh are more informed about the current stage of the conflict settlement than people in Armenia (68% to 50%), according to the Nagorno Karabakh poll of the first ever internationally conducted Comparative Opinion Polls in Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh on Socio-Political Issues and Foreign Relations published by the European Friends of Armenia (EuFoA).

Karabakh residents strongly support measures which they think will keep Nagorno Karabakh closely associated with Armenia, strongly oppose measures which they think cede too much to Azerbaijan, and are moderately supportive of measures which they think may encourage peace but without compromising Nagorno Karabakh’s ties with Armenia.

They support a future determination of the final status of Nagorno Karabakh through a legally binding expression of will as a final step of a comprehensive peace deal. However, they strongly oppose internally displaced persons and refugees having the right to return territories surrounding Nagorno Karabakh and overwhelmingly oppose returning these territories to Azerbaijan’s control.

The survey that was carried out between October 22 and 26, 2010 comprised 804 face-to-face interviews in Stepanakert and 5 regions of Askeran, Hadrut, Martakert, Martuni and Shushi.