Tuesday, March 5 2019 13:21

ArmInfo.There can be no military solution to the Karabakh problem.  This opinion was expressed by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, answering questions from members of  the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee in Brussels.

According to the prime minister, the parties must create an  appropriate atmosphere for achieving a peaceful settlement. "In  September, I made an unprecedented statement in the parliament that  the settlement of the conflict should be acceptable to the peoples of  Armenia, Karabakh and Azerbaijan. I hoped that such a statement would  be voiced also in Azerbaijan, by the president of that country, but,  unfortunately, these hopes were not fulfilled. On the contrary,  Azerbaijan continues to voice threats, declaring that they are ready  to resolve this issue by force, without taking into account the  interests of the people of Nagorno- Karabakh and Armenia. I think  that in these conditions it is difficult to expect a speedy solution  to the problem, "said Pashinyan.

Nikol Pashinyan also pointed out the importance of the format of  negotiations. "At the international level, it is recognized that the  Karabakh conflict has three parties, which was recorded at the OSCE  summit in Budapest in 1994. However, so far only two parties have  been involved in the negotiation process, "he said.  As Pashinyan  stressed, he is the head of the government of Armenia, and not of  Nagorno-Karabakh. "The residents of Nagorno-Karabakh do not  participate in elections in Armenia and are not citizens of the  Republic of Armenia, therefore I cannot conduct negotiations on their  behalf. Therefore, the second side of the question is the following:  a format should be created that corresponds to the negotiations,  which is impossible without involving Nagorno-Karabakh "- noted Nikol  Pashinyan.