ArmInfo. The Artsakh issue has been settled, Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated in an interview with Armenia's Public Television.
"I would not like to destroy people's hopes, but Armenia is absent from Artsakh, with not a single word to say there. Armenia is no longer an actor in the Artsakh issue," he said.
Armenia's only involvement is rendering humanitarian assistance to Artsakh, assisting construction projects and economic recovery.
As regards Russia's role, he said that the "keys" were in Russia's hands before. However, since Russia is facing numerous problems, it can lose they "keys."
"Can you pin your hopes on Russia now? The situation is rather dangerous and cannot be compared with the processes in the past," Ter-Petrosyan said. According to him, the present crisis is even worse than the Cuban Missile Crisis.