YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 1, ARMENPRESS. Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan says it is unlikely for the Azerbaijani policy of hate not to impact the content of negotiations for the peaceful settlement of the NK conflict.

“The reduction of risks of escalation is always among the important [issues]. There is the substantive part, and there are issues which develop the atmosphere in which these substantive issues are discussed. There can’t be a situation when this rhetoric and hate policy continues and to expect it not to impact the content, we are very sensitive to this,” he told reporters in parliament addressing the latest Azerbaijani gunfire at the Armenia border.

Mnatsakanyan said it is an absolutely important issue to reach a situation which rules out risks of escalation.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan