Pashinyan: It is Armenia who needs settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh  problem rather than int`l community 

ArmInfo.First of all, the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Artsakh need a settlement of  the Nagorno-Karabakh problem rather than the international community.  On July 25, RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated  at a press conference.

According to him, it is not the international community that is  experiencing the suffering that the population of Nagorno-Karabakh  has faced. "Who said that the international community is much more in  need of a resolution to the conflict than the Republic of Armenia?"  Pashinyan asked, adding that the international community is making  efforts to resolve the situation, as evidenced by the resolution of  the Council of Europe, the European Parliament did the same, at the  last meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, almost all  representatives of the countries also expressed an unambiguous  position. The prime minister also recalled the clear position of the  International Court of Justice, which issued its decisions on  February 22 and July 16 this year. Nevertheless, as Pashinyan noted,  these efforts are not enough to resolve the situation, but the  solution of this issue is most likely less important for the  international community than for Armenia itself.

Answering the question whether the head of government in Brussels  discussed Azerbaijan's proposal to use Aghdam as a corridor to  Nagorno-Karabakh, the Prime Minister stressed that this issue was not  discussed.  "I do not have a mandate to discuss the issue of Aghdam,  but, yes, there is such a mandate on the Lachin corridor,, since it  was established on the basis of a tripartite statement by the leaders  of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan dated November 9, 2020.  Accordingly, we are talking about the illegal blocking of the Lachin  corridor and our demands for its opening on international platforms,"  Pashinyan said, reaffirming that the issue of Aghdam, which the  President of the European Council Charles Michel spoke about, was not  discussed at the meeting in Brussels. Moreover, against the backdrop  of the decision of the International Court of Justice, which demanded  that Baku open the Lachin corridor for the free movement of the  population, vehicles and goods in both directions.

 On July 15, at a briefing after a trilateral meeting between the  leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Charles Michel supported Baku's  proposal on a humanitarian corridor through Agdam for the population  of Nagorno-Karabakh. Earlier, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun  Bayramov said that Baku does not exclude the possibility of providing  assistance along the Agdam-Stepanakert road to meet the needs of the  population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

According to Michel, during the meeting they discussed the  humanitarian problems existing in the region, in particular the  situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, the current state of  affairs does not meet the interests of the parties. He assured that  possible concrete steps to help return the situation to normal course  were discussed. "I stressed the importance of opening the Lachin  road, and also noted Azerbaijan's readiness to equally carry out  humanitarian supplies through Aghdam. I consider both options  important and encourage humanitarian supplies from both sides to meet  the needs of people," the head of the European Council said.

Michel also welcomed the resumption of work of the International  Committee of the Red Cross on the Lachin corridor.