ArmInfo. "If Azerbaijan comes to senses and settlement of Karabakh conflict will be close, then it will be painful for the parties", Shavarsh Kocharyan, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia stated during the conversation with journalists, commenting on the statement of the President Serzh Sargsyan that Karabakh settlement would be painful and we should be ready for that.
However, he stressed that today it is still not close. The deputy minister also noted that Stepanakert must be included in the final settlement of the conflict in the process. "Without the participation of Artsakh, a final settlement of the Karabakh conflict is not possible," Kocharian said, while reiterating that the parties are still far from settling the problem: "With such a policy, which Azerbaijan leads, it is impossible to talk about concessions from the Armenian side. The sides did not sound any constructive statement on the Karabakh settlement, therefore, it is not advisable to say anything on our part. "
Referring to the regular provocations of Azerbaijan at the Karabakh conflict zone right after the meeting of presidents Sargsyan and Aliyev, Kocharyan assured that they were not a surprise for the Armenian side: "This is the usual handwriting of Azerbaijan." He also stressed that the nervous reactions of Baku, following the meeting of the presidents, indicate that it did not at all proceed from the interests of Azerbaijan. "However, we will demand that Azerbaijan fulfill the agreements reached before the international community," he said, stressing that without the implementation of mechanisms of confidence in the conflict zone negotiations are impossible. "And among the mechanisms of confidence is the observance of the ceasefire," he said.