RA Defense Ministers states inadmissibility of Aliyev's militant statements
The Karabakh conflict will not be resolved without mutual concessions, RA Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan told reporters on Monday when commenting on Azerbaijani President's statements as regards the main principles of the Karabakh settlement and ongoing speeches about Azerbaijan's territorial integrity.
"The issue won't be settled without mutual concessions, we say. Azerbaijan will get no other territories controlled by NKR army," the Minister said.
The Minister said "if Azerbaijan wants to clear up the matter with several regions around Karabakh, it should compromise." "Armenia will never make one-sided concessions and the Azeri side is perfectly aware of this," he added.
Besides, the RA Defense Minister said that Azerbaijani President's militant statements are inadmissible, since 'he holds talks with our President'. However, such conduct is not a novelty but a continuation of Azeri propaganda, he added.
"I suppose if they were to carry out their aggressive tasks they would have done it long ago. Knowing the efficiency of the NKR and Armenian armies, Azerbaijan does not take action. If it does it will receive what it deserves," the RA Defense Minister said, Novosti Armenia reports.
May 4 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said "there is an agreement on stepwise return of 7 seized Azeri regions with further resettlement of refugees to their lands." At that he said the proposals were admitted both by Armenia and mediators. Aliyev said the status of Nagorno Karabakh "may be considered within Azerbaijan's territorial integrity only. At that Azerbaijan is not against deployment of peacekeepers on the territory."
"The issue won't be settled without mutual concessions, we say. Azerbaijan will get no other territories controlled by NKR army," the Minister said.
The Minister said "if Azerbaijan wants to clear up the matter with several regions around Karabakh, it should compromise." "Armenia will never make one-sided concessions and the Azeri side is perfectly aware of this," he added.
Besides, the RA Defense Minister said that Azerbaijani President's militant statements are inadmissible, since 'he holds talks with our President'. However, such conduct is not a novelty but a continuation of Azeri propaganda, he added.
"I suppose if they were to carry out their aggressive tasks they would have done it long ago. Knowing the efficiency of the NKR and Armenian armies, Azerbaijan does not take action. If it does it will receive what it deserves," the RA Defense Minister said, Novosti Armenia reports.
May 4 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev said "there is an agreement on stepwise return of 7 seized Azeri regions with further resettlement of refugees to their lands." At that he said the proposals were admitted both by Armenia and mediators. Aliyev said the status of Nagorno Karabakh "may be considered within Azerbaijan's territorial integrity only. At that Azerbaijan is not against deployment of peacekeepers on the territory."
