Throughout recent years, according to him, rather balanced and pragmatic policy is pursued here—strategic self-sufficiency in security issues, restraint of external influence, Russia, as a mediator and a tool for multilateral peacebuilding.
“Claims are heard that Russian 102nd military base should be withdrawn from Armenia. Many delivered remarks in this regard. That base has been established upon my proposal. Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Vazgen Sargsyan, Vahan Shirkhanyan witnessed that I proposed not to allow the Russian division withdraw from Gyumri, so that Russia didn’t withdraw.”
“The draft is ready, however, it’s already but the decision should be made by the leaderships of Armenia and Artsakh,” Sh.Kocharyan said.
“We have seen the fact that the necessity to build peace in the South Caucasus relies not only on Russia, but also on the other countries, which are around the countries. Of course, I am speaking of Turkey, also Iran, which can play a major role and which said and proved that it is willing to mediate concerning the Karabakh crisis.”
“As a result, the adversary failed to put into action its plans, it mainly refers to the northern direction. Let me mention again, that those works are continuous, they are in the center of our leadership, we cooperate with respective specialists.”
“Comparing those activities—penetration attempts by sabotage and reconnaissance groups, use of weaponry before and after April, presently volumes are incomparably small, mainly sniper rifles, large caliber rifles and artillery are being used. Such gatherings aren’t observed. We attentively follow their moves.”
“We remain committed to the continued development of Artsakh’s economy and its democracy. We also condemn Azerbaijan’s most recent aggression in early April against the people of Artsakh that led to hundreds of military and civilian casualties. We remain hopeful that a peaceful resolution to the Karabakh conflict will be found, and appreciate your unwavering pursuit of regional security and stability.”
Overnight September 2-3 the Azerbaijani side violated the ceasefire regime 30 times by firing more than 600 shots from various caliber weapons at the Armenian positions across Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact, the press service of the NKR Defense Army told.
”Maybe it was taken into consideration that currently Moscow, assessing the seriousness of the moment, doesn’t save any effort to bring the sides to the negotiation table, also the fact that in St. Petersburg Vienna agreements have been partially implemented. I consider, not the venue, but the fact that the Co-Chairs will discuss ongoing situation in the settlement process, is important. In fact, it’s not in such a good condition, as the planned presidential meeting didn’t take place,” Skakov said.
“In April of this year, Azerbaijan launched its most violent offensive across the Line of Contact in years, causing the deaths of hundreds of civilians and military personnel. The United States must stand against this dangerous and destabilizing aggression, by holding Azerbaijan accountable, investigating potential war crimes, and demanding a peaceful resolution.”
