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YEREVAN, MAY 12, ARMENPRESS. Nagorno Karabakh responds to the OSCE Minsk Group announcement, which stated it is time for the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan to meet.
David Babayan, spokesman of the Nagorno Karabakhi President, says there is no alternative to the participation of Nagorno Karabakh in the negotiations.
“A lot of time is needed to restore the full format, but it has no alternative, especially after this four-day war. Azerbaijan started a war against us, and the whole world knows this. But Azerbaijan does not want to negotiate with us. Is this a reasonable approach? Of course not. We understand there are difficulties, but anyway we will work towards fully restoring the negotiations format”, Babayan said. According to him, if decisions towards establishing peace are made during the meeting, then the forthcoming meeting would be justified. He says time will show.
“I think the international community must fully participate in the settlement process of the Azerbaijani-Nagorno Karabakhi conflict. It is not about changing the negotiations process, it’s about another attitude. For example, it is unacceptable when the First European Games, the UN forum, Formula 1 and similar events are held in Baku. This is simply immoral, because the aggressor get’s encouraged by this. Therefore, the international community must display a cautious attitude”, Babayan added.
According to him, it is even more unacceptable, when representatives of civilized democratic countries make announcements with the kind of “sucking up” which were maybe even not being done during classic feudal systems”, Babayan added.
The Azerbaijani-Nagorno Karabakhi conflict is a litmus paper, addressed to the international community for eliminating its own defects. This fact should be used first and foremost the democratic civilized community. If not, the situation will be very difficult in the international community – in the layers of values of civilized democratic states.