Samvel Babayan: Stepanakert will have decisive word in Karabakh conflict resolution

PanARMENIAN.Net - Former NKR Minister of Defense labeled the current talks on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict as "incorrect."



"Unlike Azerbaijan, we speak of concessions on our part," Samvel Babayan told a news conference in Yerevan today.



"The talks should include military men, who will say that return of territories in inadmissible, and geologists, who are aware of NKR natural resources. Only then politicians can decide which territories can be returned to Azerbaijan," he said.



"Besides, Karabakh but not Yerevan should hold talks. We have half million of refugees who have the right to return to their homes. And finally, Stepanakert will have decisive word in Karabakh conflict resolution, irrelative of the agreement Armenia and Azerbaijan achieve."



The recent statement by Ilham Aliyev in Italy proved that Baku wants all or nothing, according to him.



In an interview with RAI International Italian language channel, Ilham Aliyev stated that the declaration "doesn't contain a provision reading that Azerbaijan obliges to refrain from a military resolution of the conflict and therefore, any kind of measures, including use of force and admissible."



"Azerbaijan is not ready for compromise," Babayan said.