PRESIDENT’S INTERVIEW WITH THE ARTSAKH PUBLIC TV

Aysor
Oct 23 2009
Armenia

The RA President Serzh Sargsyan during his visit to Nagorno Karabakh
gave an interview with the Artsakh Public TV where he has mentioned
that "In the NKR conflict settlement process solutions can be found
only if the negotiating sides show a realistic approach."

Answering to the observation that some days ago the President of
Azerbaijan once again announced that agreements were reached in
returning the NKR adjacent regions, and as if such agreements had
been reached even years ago and as if the Armenian side setbacks the
negotiations at present, President Sargsyan answered: "I have touched
that question and now I do not have to add any special thing. I just
want to stress for one more time that we approach the whole negotiation
process seriously and with responsibility. There is no more interested
side than the NKR and the people of NKR in these talks. And it is
the NKR that wishes to see this issue solved as soon as possible."

"I am sure that really there are solutions, conscious solutions. They
can be found only in case if the negotiating sides deal with the
present situation realistically and if their expectations are realistic
too. We are looking for long-term solutions, solutions which will
really bring peace and will last for a long time. I don’t think that
it’s correct to come up to such conclusions and such solutions which
may be acceptable for some period but cannot provide the mentioned
long time peace. Of course in any negotiation each of the sides tries
to get the maximal, but I can’t understand when one side tends to
get everything and is conducted with the slogan "everything for
me". In that case the negotiations for that side can seem to be
not so pleasant and the results can not satisfy him, but it’s not
our fault already. Now we are in 21st century, when it’s not easy
to conceal many things, and many people see this situation and not
only we or the negotiating side. When our negotiating counterparts
come to the conclusion that there should be a logical solution, then
those solutions can be reached easily. When they approach the issue
realistically and besides preparing declarations really wish to solve
it, only then it will be solved. Expressing their complains after
the negotiation is not making the final solution closer, just on the
contrary it disturbs the negotiation process, and doubles the mistrust.

I would like to repeat that it’s wrong to cut a part from the
context of the negotiations, be they in the past or at present,
and try to speak about that special part. When they say that not
everything is negotiated if there is no agreement reached concerning
all the points, it’s enough to understand everything. I think that
it will be reasonable if we both, the Armenians and the Azerbaijani,
concentrate all our efforts on the present stage of the negotiations
and not to try to cut a part form the past talks and to present it
to their audience", – the President of Armenia said.