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ARMENIA WILL RETALIATE HEAVILY IF AZERBAIJAN DARES ANOTHER ADVENTURE IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH - PRESIDENT SARGSYAN SAYS
YEREVAN, April 7. / ARKA /. Armenia will retaliate heavily if
Azerbaijan dares another adventure in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
zone, Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview with
Russian Rossiya -24 TV channel.
"We believe that the principles and elements contained in the six
statements made by the heads of US, France and Russia, the countries
co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, and the document, which is used as
a basis for us and Azerbaijan to continue the talks are acceptable
for settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict", said Sargsyan.
According to him, the consensus opinion of the co-charring countries
is that these principles and elements make one whole and no principle
must prevail over the others.
"Of course, we share the view of the co-chairs that peoples need to
be prepared for peace not war, but, unfortunately, the Azerbaijani
leadership does the contrary," Sargsyan said.
He said neither international peace brokers not officials dealing
with the conflict doubt that the tension is to be blamed on Azerbaijan.
Sargsyan stressed that the Azerbaijani leadership does not even hide
it having said at the Munich Security Conference that the tension
will continue as long as Armenians do not surrender the regions
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh.
Sargsyan reminded that the Karabakh army was forced to create
a security zone for the population to escape daily shelling by
Azerbaijani troops.
"The government of Azerbaijan does not care about the principles
and elements offered by the co-chairs for seeking a solution to the
conflict,' the president said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the
collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly
Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from
Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by succeeding
referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no
permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been
under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh
is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued
to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with
snipers causing tens of deaths a year. -0--
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YEREVAN, April 7. / ARKA /. Armenia will retaliate heavily if
Azerbaijan dares another adventure in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
zone, Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan said in an interview with
Russian Rossiya -24 TV channel.
"We believe that the principles and elements contained in the six
statements made by the heads of US, France and Russia, the countries
co-chairing the OSCE Minsk Group, and the document, which is used as
a basis for us and Azerbaijan to continue the talks are acceptable
for settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict", said Sargsyan.
According to him, the consensus opinion of the co-charring countries
is that these principles and elements make one whole and no principle
must prevail over the others.
"Of course, we share the view of the co-chairs that peoples need to
be prepared for peace not war, but, unfortunately, the Azerbaijani
leadership does the contrary," Sargsyan said.
He said neither international peace brokers not officials dealing
with the conflict doubt that the tension is to be blamed on Azerbaijan.
Sargsyan stressed that the Azerbaijani leadership does not even hide
it having said at the Munich Security Conference that the tension
will continue as long as Armenians do not surrender the regions
surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh.
Sargsyan reminded that the Karabakh army was forced to create
a security zone for the population to escape daily shelling by
Azerbaijani troops.
"The government of Azerbaijan does not care about the principles
and elements offered by the co-chairs for seeking a solution to the
conflict,' the president said.
The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted into armed clashes after the
collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s as the predominantly
Armenian-populated enclave of Azerbaijan sought to secede from
Azerbaijan and declared its independence backed by succeeding
referendum. A truce was brokered by Russia in 1994, although no
permanent peace agreement has been signed.
Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh and several adjacent regions have been
under the control of Armenian forces of Karabakh. Nagorno-Karabakh
is the longest-running post-Soviet era conflict and has continued
to simmer despite the relative peace of the past two decades, with
snipers causing tens of deaths a year. -0--
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