YEREVAN, APRIL 8, ARMENPRESS. The non-recognition of the independence of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic is compromise from the Armenian side. As “Armenpress” reports, the President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan talked about this during an interview with the German “Deutsche Welle” TV channel. “That is a compromise from our side. If today Armenia recognized the independence of Nagorno Karabakh, it would mean that we refuse to negotiate around the conflict. If we recognize the independence, then what would the negotiations be about? We do not recognize Nagorno Karabakh Republic in order not to escalate the situation even more”, Serzh Sargsyan stated.

The President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan was on official visit to Germany from April 6 to April 7. During the visit the Armenian President met with German high-ranking officials: the President of Germany Joachim Gauck, Bundestag President Norbert Lammert, Foreign Minister of Germany, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Frank-Walter Steinmeier. During an interview with the “Deutsche Welle” TV channel the President answered the questions related to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, the sale of weapons by Russia to Azerbaijan, about the membership to the Eurasian Economic Union and the resolution on the Armenian Genocide issue by Bundestag.