The key to Karabakh conflict settlement, in fact, is not in Moscow, Paris or Washington, but as it has been repeatedly stated with disgust—in Yerevan. The key is in Yerevan not in the sense, by which those repeatedly stating mean, but absolutely, in the internal sense. And the sense has nothing to do with geo-political centers or conspiracy theories and is called an electoral system.
“The international recognition process of Nagorno Karabakh is proceeding quite actively, and we have already achieved several results in this direction. As of today, administrative entities of USA’s Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Maine, Louisiana, California, Georgia, Hawaii and Australia’s New Wales’s states, Basque Country, Fresno, Los Angeles and several others have expressed in favor of recognizing the independence of Nagorno Karabakh.”
“The important thing is that the Presidents reaffirmed their commitment of the peaceful solution of the conflict with maintaining relative stability in the line of contact. In addition, proposal which can restore peace between the sides were actively discussed,” Warlick said.
The press conference was summoned to summarize the results of the first yearly educational quarter of the Army and the developments of April, as well as outlining the ongoing and further activities’ important directions. Prior to a Q&A, the Commander briefed on the general main activities in his introductory remarks, noting that the Defense Army has fulfilled its duties and realized all planned actions.
“Putin clarified Russia’s position in Baku. He stated that Russia would like that there were no winners or losers, but a mutually acceptable settlement was recorded. For the time being, I think there are no settlement plans, or, even if they are available, they won’t be discussed on account of moods in Armenia and Azerbaijan. Occurrences in Yerevan also complicate negotiations, as clear calls and claims were heard.”
“Of course, on account of the mistakes, we implemented different military trainings, on the basis of which lay the issue of developing new strategy, new operations and arrays,” he said.
What decolonization may be touched upon? I think, it’s a myth, which has no connection with the reality, however, it’s beneficial for these or those political powers. Sorry for my sincerity, but people in Baku speak Russian much better, than in Armenia. What decolonization may be touched upon—cultural, economic? Armenian people have both positive and negative peculiarities, which prevent their development, in particular, in any place, in anything seeking for problems, but not in their own person.
“I believe that Moscow has always thought that Armenia would stay in the Russian call, no matter what historically the Armenians feel surrounded by Turks and they have no choice, but the recent changes in the international environment have been that some in Armenia are prepared to look to the West, to look the foreign new vector of relations.”
Turkey stands ready to do its utmost in implementation of these solutions. Turkey expects full normalization in this region which is possible through respect for international law and Armenia’s putting an end to the occupation”, said the ambassador. Note that U.S. Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, James Warlick told APA that the Co-Chairs are prepared to travel to Ankara to meet with senior Turkish officials at any time and we are awaiting an invitation for specific dates.
“The report has been sent to the international structures with the purpose of spreading more information, bringing attention in order for people to pay much attention to the NKR events and follow the developments. In other words, in this case this is not a formal situation, it will be formal, for instance, in case of the international tribunals,” Ruben Melikyan said.
