Arayik Harutyunyan: Stepanakert will not make unilateral concessions  - any concession will lead to a new concession

ArmInfo.Artsakh Republic President Arayik Harutyunyan took part in the extraordinary session of the National Assembly, where a statement was adopted on the  prevention of a humanitarian catastrophe threatening the people of  Artsakh.

In his speech, President Harutyunyan presented the military-political  situation around Artsakh, emphasizing that although the authorities  of the republic are ready for dialogue with Azerbaijan, they still  have red lines that they will not cross.

Meanwhile, according to the video from the meeting, during his speech  in parliament, Harutyunyan noted that Stepanakert would not make  unilateral concessions - any concession would lead to a new  concession.  "Azerbaijan's demands, of course, are not of an  environmental nature. The last rally in Stepanakert, the appointment  of Ruben Vardanyan as a state minister and my visit to France were  received painfully in Azerbaijan. They formed a stereotype that we  are humbled by social, everyday problems and will give up the policy  of national self-determination. It was a shock for Azerbaijan, up to  numerous threats against me, against me, etc. Provocative actions  will not yield results, Stepanakert will not make unilateral  concessions.  When they demanded environmental monitoring in the  territory of Artsakh mines, we presented our demands as well. "But  they ignored our proposals. If Azerbaijan's goal is environmental  monitoring, then we agreed to this, but they refused, because their  goal was to block the road," Harutyunyan said.

At the same time, he called on Armenians living in Armenia to make  Artsakh's voice heard by international structures through peaceful  actions, informing them that there is a humanitarian disaster in  Artsakh. "We must not despair. We must be aware that in the event of  any concession through pressure, new concessions await us. Until  today, we have not made any concessions, we have never resolved any  issue unilaterally or under duress. There has always been a dialogue,  as a result of which we came to an agreement. These were problems  related to infrastructure, roads, the use of Sarsang waters. There  was always a dialogue, this time this rule was violated," Arayik  Harutyunyan said, touching on the closure of the Berdzor corridor by  Azerbaijanis since yesterday.