Armenian Ambassador: Armenia must Return Nagorno Karabakh to Negotiation Table

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Arman Navasardyan welcomes the existence of consensus between three chairing countries.

Referring to the meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Vienna on May 16, Arman Navasardyan said the three big states stand for the peaceful settlement of the conflict.

“We should notice something very important in this matter: the clear political stance of these three states against Turkey since it is the state which is against the peaceful settlement of the conflict and only speaks about solving the conflict with militarist means. Concerning Russia, I think that it refuses or fears from its dominating position which it has in the South Caucasus, especially in the Karabakh issue. It, of course, has its reasons such as problems in the external policy, the Syrian issue, the Ukrainian crisis, several actions of the NATO in the eastern parts that are directed against Russia, so the situation is quite serious. And it seems that these changes encourage the Minks Group other chairs to some extent to activate their actions over the Karabakh issue”, Ambassador stated.

He highlighted that he is not excited with this meeting, however, at the same time, he does not want to be pessimistic. “In any case, negotiations are better than war, but whether the war will end, whether Azerbaijan will not continue the military operations. Frankly to say, I doubt”.

According to him, Armenia’s major aim must be to return Karabakh to the negotiation table.

“We should do everything to make it reality, and then the next step will be the recognition issue which is also important. I think that today the recognition of the Nagrno Karabakh is connected with a great risk. However, we do not have a right to refuse from it”.