Vartan Oskanian: Armenia realizes irreplaceable role of negotiations for reaching peace

PanARMENIAN.Net - In case of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, we have worked hard to produce a negotiating document that is indeed based on compromise, and has sufficient positive elements to justify our efforts to move forward to resolve the remaining difficult differences, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian stated to the BSECO jubilee summit in Istanbul. "We are cognizant of the irreplaceable role of the negotiating process, as difficult as that is, to lasting resolutions. In fact, the process itself is a signal to our populations and other stakeholders that we understand compromise and the concessions that compromise requires. Therefore, at this stage, to speak in the language of attack and absolute solutions is neither realistic nor helpful," the RA FM underscored. He said, nor is it useful to mistake cause with consequence. "The people of Nagorno Karabakh were victims who won the military battle, successfully defending themselves in Karabakh against a government that attacked people it considered its own citizens. Not all victors are aggressors. Sometimes the underdog wins because he is defending his family, his home, his land. The people of Karabakh defended themselves, against great odds, and won. Today, they want nothing from Azerbaijan, except a willingness to live and let live," Armenian Foreign Minister stated, the RA MFA Press Office reports.