Tuesday, October 1 2019 14:21

ArmInfo. The statement that any solution to the Karabakh problem should be acceptable for the peoples of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh, voiced by the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, sounds pretty nice. However,  unfortunately, these statements are not connected with the specific  agenda that has developed around the negotiation process today.  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, former Minister of  Foreign Affairs of Artsakh Arman Melikyan expressed a similar opinion  to ArmInfo.

Speaking at the 74th session of the UN General Assembly on September  27, Nikol Pashinyan once again voiced the necessity of any solution  to the Karabakh problem to be acceptable for the peoples of Armenia,  Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh.

"In this process, Armenia still cannot tie together the problems of  Artsakh's status and territories, while the territorial integrity of  Artsakh is not a priority for Armenia, which is officially reflected  in the government's program. This suggests that the Armenian  government continues to seek a solution to the problem in bargaining  around the territories. "This approach is a dead end, because  recognizing the possibility of surrendering the territories, Yerevan  will automatically recognize the illegality of its own control over  them," he stressed.

According to the diplomat, it is precisely this approach of Yerevan  that allows Baku to hope for the restoration of legality in its  understanding, both through negotiations and through the use of  force. In this light, Melikyan sees the need for a radical revision  by Armenia of such unproductive approaches, harmonization in the  Armenian policy of the need to maintain territorial integrity with  the requirement of legal recognition of Artsakh's independence.

"In this light, the New York statement by the Prime Minister of  Armenia cannot contain the potential to influence the negotiations.  Declarations can only be effective if they are accompanied by  specific program actions, such actions through which it will be  possible to change a very dangerous outline of the negotiation  process for us. So far, it is unchanged, respectively, it is  necessary to act in parallel with the words, "the diplomat concluded.