Stepanakert reacted to Mike Pompeo`s statement

ArmInfo.Artsakh Foreign Minister Masis Mayilyan reacted to the statement of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the situation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict  zone.

"I am glad that Secretary Pompeo confirmed our common vision,  according to which the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh  conflict is possible exclusively through peaceful negotiations. It is  important to make sure that Turkey will stop pushing Azerbaijan and  international terrorists to continue the inhuman aggression against  our democracy.

We share the hope of Minister Pompeo that the Armenians will be able  to defend themselves from what the Azerbaijanis are doing. At the  same time, we expect the international community to play its active  and constructive role to stop crimes against humanity and the threat  of genocide of the triple unity of Turkey, Azerbaijan and  international terrorists. Recognition of the independence of the  Republic of Artsakh is a prerequisite for a lasting regional peace,  "Mayilyan wrote on his Facebook page.

Note that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, in an interview with The  Erick Erickson Show on WSB Atlanta, in particular, said: "What is  happening today in Azerbaijan and Armenia is dangerous. Now the Turks  intervened, providing resources to Azerbaijan, increasing the risk,  increasing firepower "It is a historical battle for a place called  Nagorno-Karabakh, a small area with a population of about 150,000."  <Yes, this is a long-standing conflict. The settlement of this  conflict should be carried out through negotiations and peaceful  discussions, and not through an armed conflict and, of course, not  with the participation of third countries arriving to provide their  firepower to resolve a situation that is already a powder keg. We  hope that the Armenians will be able to protect themselves from what  the Azerbaijanis are doing, "the head of the State Department  continued.

According to him, it is necessary to observe the ceasefire, and then  sit down at the table and try to figure it out. This is a truly  historical and complex issue.