ArmInfo. State Minister of the Republic of Artsakh Artak Beglaryan has responded to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's statements.
He notes border delimitation and demarcation between Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot influence either the present or future status of Artsakh.
"After all, the Karabakh conflict is Azerbaijan's conflict with Nagorno-Karabakh, not with Armenia. The Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict has not been settled, and the entire world is admitting the fact regardless of different interests or wordings," Mr Beglaryan stated.
If Azerbaijan wants to turn the page and specify Artsakh's status, it could launch border delimitation with Artsakh as well, returning the occupied territories and recognize Artsakh's independence.
"The fundamental principle of the conflict settlement is recognition and exercise of people's right to self- determination.
"However, only after passing through this test, the international community will prove that, contrary to Aliyev's claims, there is international law, where the right of peoples to self-determination has its fundamental place.
"Another important principle of international law is the non-use of force / threat of use of force, which was also grossly violated and ignored by Azerbaijan.
"Moreover, Aliyev today again threatened with new precedents for the use of force, which is a clear signal for the international community to take preventive and sanctions measures," he said.
Encouraging and ignoring deviant behavior results is international disasters, Mr Beglaryan added.