YEREVAN, OCTOBER 25, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan tried to evade the implementation of the agreements reached in Vienna and St. Petersburg and made two failed attempts of subversive acts prior to the regional visit of the Minsk Group Co-chairs, Vice President of the National Assembly of Armenia Eduard Sharmazanov said at the National Assembly. “Such a behavior by Azerbaijan is condemnable and displays that the authorities of that country are not ready to the peaceful settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict”, “Armenpress” reports Sharmazanov saying.

He once again reaffirmed that the Armenian sides (Republic of Armenia and NKR) are against any military solution of the conflict and advocate an exclusively peaceful settlement. “But what a surprise! The leader of Azerbaijan gives an interview to a Russian media agency telling that Nagorno Karabakh can be granted with a status of autonomous republic. It is not in Azerbaijan’s powers to grant a status to the people of Nagorno Karabakh. The people of Nagorno Karabakh have already decided their status through a referendum and the issue of international recognition of NKR is a matter of time”, Sharmazanov said.

Sharmazanov finds it interesting that days after Aliyev’s announcements the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs visited Stepanakert and met with NKR President Bako Sahakyan. “By their visit to Stepanakert the Co-chairs wanted to state that it is impossible to make any progress in the conflict settlement without Artsakh’s (NKR-edit) participation. Moreover, the American Co-chair Warlick told in Yerevan that the final status of Nagorno Karabakh is the cornerstone of the issue with a referendum as a solution. Sooner or later Azerbaijan will have to recognize the independence of Artsakh”, Sharmazanov concluded.