ArmInfo. RA Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan tried to explain the resonant statement of his head Edward Nalbandian about the possibility of the Armenian side surrendering "territories that do not pose a threat to Artsakh's security" within the framework of the Karabakh settlement within the framework of the 6th Armenia-Diaspora forum. Kocharyan admitted that the resonance caused by this statement of Nalbandian is not clear for him. "Nalbandian did not say anything new, he voiced the previously voiced proposals of the Minsk mediators.
Nalbandyan made it clear that the Armenian side has put forward two new conditions in the negotiations, first, to ensure complete security and unavailability for any arms of the corridor that will link Armenia to Artsakh, and secondly, when surrendering the territories, this must be done in this way in order not to jeopardize the multilayered security of Nagorno-Karabakh, "Kocharyan explained. Moreover, he stressed, both the Armenian side and the co-chairs have repeatedly stated that while the Vienna and St. Petersburg principles are not negotiations will not be continued. "That is, while the atmosphere of confidence does not reign in the region and there is no stoppage of exchanges on the continuation of the talks," the deputy minister said, stressing that Baku refuses these and other agreements, torpedoing with its militaristic policy a peaceful settlement of the problem. He also touched upon the issue of international recognition of the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey, stressing that the process should continue to actively promote and achieve that Ankara itself recognized this crime against humanity. Speaking about Armenia-Diaspora relations, Kocharyan expressed concern over the fact that the ranks of the Armenian communities are thinning out, and the youth does not show interest in pan-Armenian issues.