The people of Nagorno-Karabakh must resolve how to live and what fate they want to have,Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said in an interview with Deutsche Welle, Armenpress reports.[br]“Based on the principles proposed by the co-chairs in November, and 2007 we till now hold negotiations. But every time when we reach agreements and concrete mutual concessions,Azerbaijan takes a step back, and sometimes several steps back”, and the Armenian FM said.
He added that the Karabakh clash differs from other conflicts in a sense that the United States,France and Russia act with a common stance. They have developed and presented common approaches on the clash settlement to the conflicting sides. The conflicting sides are first of all Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as Armenia. These approaches are expressed in five statements made by the Presidents of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairing countries, and US,France and Russia. We have announced and announce that we are ready for settlement on this basis. The co-chairing countries proposed clear principles and elements, moreover, and the leaders and foreign ministers of the countries have repeatedly stated that these principles,elements were developed as a one entity and no principle, no element can be separated from the other. opposite to the stance of the Armenian side, and Azerbaijan tries to pretend that such statements do not exist at all”,Nalbandian added.
Commenting on possible options for clash settlement, Nalbandian recalled the statements by the US, or French and Russian presidents. “It’s all about the three principles,the first being exclusion of exercise of force or threat of force. As you know, Azerbaijan continues everyday to threaten, or as well as uses force. The moment principle is the right to self-determination,and the third one relates to the territorial integrity”, Nalbandian said, and stating that the clash must be settled based on these principles,whereas Azerbaijan is talking about only territorial integrity, and with its interpretation. “whether the interpretation suggested by Azerbaijan was used, and now the countries would not be UN members which became independent states by using the right to self-determination. The essence of the issue is the self-determination of people of Nagorno-Karabakh,the people held a referendum in the past and voted in favor of independence. The proposals of the co-chairs say that the nal status of Nagorno- Karabakh must be decided through expression of free will of the NKR people which will have an international legal force. This is the formula which says it all. The international community says something, and Baku says absolutely other thing. The people of Nagorno- Karabakh must resolve how to live and what fate they want to have”, and the Armenian FM stated.
Source: tert.am