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NKR FOREIGN MINISTER: THERE CAN BE NO RETURN TO THE PAST
19:01 20/06/2013 " REGION
Interview of NKR Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan with Mediamax news agency.
- Mr. Minister, you noted in your yesterday's statement that "the
restoration of full-fledged negotiations with the immediate and direct
participation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in all its stages is
a mandatory condition for achieving real progress in the settlement
process." Can we say the Azerbaijan's position reduces the chances
of reaching a compromise in determining the future NKR status?
- The NKR status has long been determined by the Nagorno Karabakh
people through free and legitimate expression of will at the
independence referendum in 1991. There can be no return to the past.
The NKR's independence and security can't be bargained and we have
repeatedly stated about it.
Thus, we suppose all the efforts should be focused on working out
mechanisms and conditions for peaceful co-existence of two independent
states - Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan - formed as a result
of the USSR collapse.
That's why we think Azerbaijan's earliest recognition of the current
realities and NKR's return to the negotiations table will allow
ensuring progress in the settlement process.
- Azerbaijan constantly raises the issue of the so-called "occupied"
territories. What is your vision of the solution to the problem?
- If we talk about territories liberated during the war imposed on
the Artsakh people, they make inseparable part of the Nagorno Karabakh
and the fact is fixed in the NKR Constitution.
We shouldn't also forget about the NKR territories which were captured
by Azerbaijan during the military actions and are still under its
control.
The issue should be considered taking into account the above mentioned
and in the context of restoring the historical justice and ensuring
the NKR security in all its aspects.
Source: Panorama.am
19:01 20/06/2013 " REGION
Interview of NKR Foreign Minister Karen Mirzoyan with Mediamax news agency.
- Mr. Minister, you noted in your yesterday's statement that "the
restoration of full-fledged negotiations with the immediate and direct
participation of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic in all its stages is
a mandatory condition for achieving real progress in the settlement
process." Can we say the Azerbaijan's position reduces the chances
of reaching a compromise in determining the future NKR status?
- The NKR status has long been determined by the Nagorno Karabakh
people through free and legitimate expression of will at the
independence referendum in 1991. There can be no return to the past.
The NKR's independence and security can't be bargained and we have
repeatedly stated about it.
Thus, we suppose all the efforts should be focused on working out
mechanisms and conditions for peaceful co-existence of two independent
states - Nagorno Karabakh Republic and Azerbaijan - formed as a result
of the USSR collapse.
That's why we think Azerbaijan's earliest recognition of the current
realities and NKR's return to the negotiations table will allow
ensuring progress in the settlement process.
- Azerbaijan constantly raises the issue of the so-called "occupied"
territories. What is your vision of the solution to the problem?
- If we talk about territories liberated during the war imposed on
the Artsakh people, they make inseparable part of the Nagorno Karabakh
and the fact is fixed in the NKR Constitution.
We shouldn't also forget about the NKR territories which were captured
by Azerbaijan during the military actions and are still under its
control.
The issue should be considered taking into account the above mentioned
and in the context of restoring the historical justice and ensuring
the NKR security in all its aspects.
Source: Panorama.am