Escalation of the situation on Armenia's border with Azerbaijan and on the Line of Contact of the Nagorny Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces makes the international recognition of the NKR inevitable. Shavarsh Kocharyan, the deputy minister of foreign affairs of Armenia, said when commenting on the developments in the NK conflict zone, on September 30.
According to Kocharyan, Azerbaijan's armed forces resemble terrorists as they violate international commitments, killing peaceful residents and destroying cultural and religious monuments. "At present, the world community perceives Azerbaijan as a country where acknowledged standards of the international law are violated," Kocharyan said.
Despite the growing tension in the conflict zone, the deputy minister does not think that there is need in deployment of the CSTO peacekeepers. "It is necessary to rely on our own forces," Kocharyan said.