Serzh Sargsyan on Karabakh: President of Azerbaijan just presents his wishes as reality

PanARMENIAN.Net - By saying that the sides have agreed on returning the 7 regions around Nagorno Karabakh to Azerbaijan, the Azeri President just presents his wishes as reality, Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan stated to a press conference. "We have our stance on Karabakh and it has not changed a bit. That is, Karabakh people must have all security guarantees for residing on those territories, where they have been living for centuries. Karabakh gained independence according to the USSR law via referendum. After that Azerbaijan perpetrated aggression against Karabakh. A security zone was established in the result of military operations. We think that people of Nagorno Karabakh have the full right to self-determination. This is the first. Second, we think that Karabakh cannot exist as an enclave. That's why it must have a land border with Armenia. And finally the third, we must have strong guarantees for preventing resumption of military operations. The security zone was established exactly for that reason. Based on those three conditions we move to the peaceful solution of the problem," he underlined.



Commenting on the issue, that according to some media means he had given certain promises to Americans on compromising in the Karabakh problem, particularly in territorial issues, Serzh Sargsyan stated, "For the first time I hear that I have given certain promises. We can promise to marry, but the matter concerns more serious things. We have not promised anything to anyone," "Moskovski Komsomolets" reports.