“I think there is a conflict escalation risk which can lead to negative consequences. The Nagorno Karabakh conflict requires huge attention from all sides. He said if someone considers the Nagorno Karabakh conflict manageable, he is mistaken,” OSCE U.S. Co-Chair said.
“I consider, we can’t find a direct connection between NK conflict and Syrian crisis, it lacks, thus, it’s complicated to discuss its impact. Russia-USA agreement is a positive milestone in bilateral relations, which may be reflected on cooperation of these two mediators in negotiations.
Reflecting to NK conflict, Eduard Sharmazanov stated, that Artsakh will never be a part of Azerbaijan. He recorded that Azerbaijan doesn’t even tolerate existence of centuries-old Armenian cultural heritage on its territory. Vivid proof for this, according to the NA Deputy Speaker, is destroying of ten thousands of khachkars of Julfa in Nakhchivan.
According to the speaker, some political and social organizations activate and say “president, don’t concede” and prior to the elections the president comes and says “not a single inch,” “And we all say, look he was able to confront Putin’s pressure.” According to Zolyan at the moment there is no any serious process, what goes on, simply has a cosmetic nature.
“Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev, by declaring war in Baku, raised and strengthened his own power, initiated a process of constitutional amendments, which strengthen his personal authority. Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan in Yerevan, seemingly, is getting prepared for certain regulations in the country’s foreign policy.”
On September 7 at 01:30, as a result of the violation of the combat service rules, soldier Arman A. Ghandilyan (born in 1997) was mortally wounded in one of the military units of the north-eastern direction of the NKR Defense Army.
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“Claims are heard that Russian 102nd military base should be withdrawn from Armenia.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.”
