ArmInfo. "Interview of the" rejected "(as Nikol Pashinyan calls the formed President of the Republic of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan - Ed. noted) is a very good reason to disclose new details of the content of the negotiations (on Nagorno-Karabakh - ed. note), which could not have been made public earlier due to certain restrictions, "said acting Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, answering to the questions of parliamentarians.
So, according to Pashinyan, years will pass, and the public will learn about the letter from Serzh Sragsyan to the mediators of the OSCE MG. "From the letter we learn that Sargsyan had some concern about a possible referendum, and it is not indicated where it will be held, but it is indicated that there should be an opportunity for the free expression of the will of the entire population (Nagorno-Karabakh - Ed. note) - and Sargsyan had concern about how many Azerbaijanis will be considered the population of Nagorno- Karabakh, "Pashinyan said.
In connection with this fact, as Pashinyan stated, "we learn that Azerbaijanis, who are potential residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, should also take part in this referendum, but in order to be a resident of Nagorno- Karabakh, one must live in Nagorno-Karabakh." Thus, as stated by the acting head of the Cabinet, he is grateful to Sargsyan for the opportunity to reveal the details. "After all, when I spoke about Shushi a few months ago, the former authorities argued that there was no such question: The question is - where should Azerbaijanis, residents of Nagorno-Karabakh have lived? I hope everyone understands the answer to this question," acting head of government noted.
In addition, according to him, the opinion is put forward that when the negotiator is changed, the logic of the negotiation process will change. "Years will pass, the content of the documents will be revealed, and we will learn that the content of the negotiation process has changed, distorted in autumn 2015 and winter 2016. If Serzh Sargsyan decided that he should make discoveries, then let him be kind enough to tell people about the events of autumn 2015 and winter 2016, after which there was the spring of 2016 and April 2 (the day the April war began, ed. note.). The content of the negotiation process changed at this time, which is confirmed by the documents available. There are protocols of negotiations with which I worked in 2018 - after became Prime Minister, "Nikol Pashinyan said. Acting Prime Minister touched upon Sargsyan's words that the Armenian side was striving for a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict. "The question is - did Azerbaijan want the same?", Pashinyan asked. He recalled the words of the 3rd RA President that the April war meant Baku's refusal to resolve the conflict within the framework of the Madrid principles, which read "a referendum and an interim status."
"Thus, the abandonment of the Madrid principles meant the abandonment of the referendum and interim status," he said. Hence, according to him, the most important, fundamental question arises - in the fall of 2015 and in the winter of 2016 it could be such that the mediators began to defend the approaches of Azerbaijan, and the Madrid principles, in fact, were only a signboard, but in fact other processes took place in the framework of "5 + 2". According to him, there has never been an opportunity for the "5 + 2 districts" format, because back in 2016, in his interview, Serzh Sargsyan spoke about 7 districts. The acting prime minister noted that the "5 + 2" format was a negotiating reserve, so that in the future, if the process crosses the point of no return, at some stage these 2 regions would make the process, the deal itself, more profitable for the parties.