ArmInfo. Armenia has fulfilled its obligations in the context of the ceasefire agreements.
It is Azerbaijan that does not fulfill its obligations, and there are reasons for this. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in the Global Leadership Series program of the Indian WION TV company. According to him, the problem is that today not only Azerbaijan is involved in the war against Nagorno- Karabakh, but also Turkey and the terrorist mercenaries transferred by Turkey from Syria to the war zone. There is information that militants from Pakistan also take part in the war against Karabakh. And, probably, the multi-layered nature of all this does not allow stabilizing the situation. As for the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, in this situation they have no choice but to defend themselves by all possible means, as long as any diplomatic settlement of the issue becomes possible. To resolve this issue, the Prime Minister continued, compromises are needed, and every time Armenia expresses its readiness to compromise, that is, at least slightly lowers the bar set by it, Azerbaijan puts forward new requirements, new conditions. This was the case for a long time in the negotiation process and this is the case now. "When I talk about the absence of a diplomatic format for a settlement, I mean Azerbaijan's destructive position, because Azerbaijan was not ready and is not ready now to settle the Karabakh issue on the basis of a compromise. When Azerbaijan is ready for such a position, at that moment, I think, we will have some success. But until such a position is accepted by Azerbaijan, it is very difficult to come to a diplomatic solution, which does not mean that we stop working in this direction, "the head of the Armenian government said. He stressed that it was Azerbaijan that started the war. The fact that today armed terrorists are fighting on the side of Azerbaijan is also a fact. "I do not know of a single case where armed terrorists were involved anywhere for a ceasefire. And thirdly, each time Turkey reaches an agreement on a ceasefire, it publicly declares that, in its opinion, Azerbaijan should not cease hostilities. Having built this logical chain, it is very easy to find out who does not comply with the ceasefire regime, "Nikol Pashinyan said, adding that all information on this issue was transferred to international partners. There were also publications in the international media proving that terrorists and mercenaries from Syria are taking part in the Karabakh war. , the prime minister said -minister. At the same time, he did not agree with the point of view that Armenia found itself in the arena of an indirect, proxy war between Turkey and Russia. "No, I cannot say that, since Russia is not involved in the war, and Russia acts as a co-chairing country of the OSCE Minsk Group. The OSCE Minsk Group is the only internationally recognized format within which the Karabakh issue should be discussed and resolved. Russia, yes, is a strategic partner of Armenia, but it does not participate in the war. She, as a co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group, actively participates as a mediator for the settlement of the Karabakh problem, establishing peace and stability in the region. I think that the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group should unite efforts to resolve the issue and not come up with separate initiatives. And I think that in this situation it would be right if the co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group - The United States and France, supported the peacekeeping efforts of Russia, and did not try to come up with separate peace initiatives. Moreover, Russia, being close and present in the region, has more active levers of influence on the situation, "Nikol Pashinyan noted. Answering the question about the statement of the head of the Armenian government that Nagorno- Karabakh is Armenia, period, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia urged to first get acquainted with the history of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, which arose during the era of democratization of the Soviet Union in 1988, when Mikhail Gorbachev began the process of perestroika in the Soviet Union. "And the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, who have always constituted 80 and more percent of the population of this region, decided to take the opportunity to restore their violated rights. What right has been violated? The fact is that Nagorno-Karabakh, where more than 80 percent of the population were Armenians, during the formation of the Soviet Union, as a result of Stalin's arbitrary decision, became part of Soviet Azerbaijan, not Soviet Armenia. And in 1988, the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh began a peace process, as a result of which the parliament of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region made a decision to reunite with Armenia. The Armenian people consider this a historic decision, because the Armenian parliament also made a similar decision. As far as the international community is concerned, I believe that the international community must state the facts. The most important fact is that today Nagorno-Karabakh is in a state of war, including against international terrorists. In this sense, Nagorno-Karabakh is at the front of civilization in the fight against international terrorism. And I think that the international community, yes, should use the formula of "remedial secession" in this situation, "Nikol Pashinyan said. He added that he expects India and the international community to react to Ankara's actions. According to him, Turkey has organized the transfer terrorists and mercenaries to Azerbaijan, and without Turkey this war would not have started.