Current negotiation format may lead to resumption of hostilities

PanARMENIAN.Net - OSCE Foreign Ministers' December 1 statement in Athens definitely testifies positive dynamics in Karabakh peace talks, according to Gagik Melikyan, member of the Republican Party of Armenia.



"The fact that the Azerbaijani side accepts the right of nations to self-determination and Armenian President's proposal on package settlement can be viewed as progress," he told a joint news conference with former NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan.



Asked whether Madrid Principles can imply Armenian side's consent to cede the territories surrounding NKR, Armenian MP ruled out such possibility. "The document is still under consideration. The principles will be coordinated and approved by late December," he said.



Arman Melikyan noted for his part that the current negotiation format might result in clash between the principle of territorial integrity and the right of nations to self-determination. "While Armenia presses for international recognition of NKR people's right to self-determination, Azerbaijan seeks for ways to return the liberated territories and Nagorno Karabakh," the diplomat stressed.



At that, he added that current negotiation format may lead to resumption of hostilities.