Monday, May 4 2020 14:45

ArmInfo."The Karabakh issue can be resolved solely through compromise, we won't make unilateral concessions," Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan stated at a meeting of the parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign  Relations on May 4.

The Minister emphasized that no one should believe that Armenia would  take steps that would involve concessions and that would harm  national security.  Mnatsakanyan also touched upon a statement by  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the Karabakh issue. <The  Spokespersons of the Foreign Ministries of Armenia and Russia made  relevant statements on this issue. It seems to me that there is  nothing to add new. Do not delve into this matter>, the Minister  said.  He also stated that the security of Artsakh is the most  important for Armenia. <Our main task is to ensure existential  security. But I want to assure you that there will be no return to  April 2016, moreover, there will be no return to 1991-1994. For this  we have quite enough determination. There is a national consensus on  this issue, which only strengthens the position of the Armenian  side>, the Armenian Foreign Minister emphasized.

To note, on April 21 during an online round table organized by the  Gorchakov Foundation, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey  Lavrov, stated the importance of implementing the UN Security Council  resolution on the Karabakh conflict and that there is an option for  its phased settlement on the table. This is a document that was  considered in April 2019 in Moscow at a meeting of the Foreign  Ministers of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan with the participation  of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.

In turn, Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan responded to  this statement, noting that the Armenian side will not agree on a  solution that would jeopardize the security of citizens of the  Artsakh Republic. According to him, such approaches were proposed in  2014, 2016, but they are unacceptable for the Armenian side.