The statement by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht is an open disregard for an event carrying historical importance for the people of Karabakh - the constitutional referendum, RA President's Spokesman Victor Soghomonyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, such attitude can undermine the trust in the OSCE and the Minsk Group. "The best thing they could do is to keep silent. We are forced to state that comments of the kind do not promote the peaceful settlement process. The NKR citizens have made their choice in favor of freedom and independence, as it was 15 years ago, during the previous referendum. The choice that doesn't need to be recognized by a European official," he underscored.