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Serzh Sargsyan on options of recognition of Artsakh by Armenia

Panorama, Armenia
Aug 19 2020

“Our pledge to recognize the Nagorno Karabakh independence didn’t mean we planned to do so on the first day of a war,” former President Serzh Sargsyan stated at a pass conference on Wednesday, responding to a question why Armenia didn’t recognize Artsakh during the April war. The president was reminded of his previous statement delivered in 2015 at the UN General Assembly about the readiness to recognize Artsakh should Azerbaijan continue its aggressive policy.

“The military actions in April 2016 lasted for 4 days. Should they continue  we would recognize the Karabakh independence according to our commitment that the Armed Forces of Armenia remain the guarantor of the Nagorno Karabakh security, and that Armenia should do everything to protect the population of Nagorno Karabakh,” Sargsyan said.

In Sargsyan’s words, the Azerbaijani attacks were suppressed on the first day of the April escalation, and additional actions such as formal recognition could impede the future diplomatic successes.  

“I believe that in case of a large-scale war today, the Republic of Armenia is obliged to recognize the independence Nagorno Karabakh. The move will come not as an occasion but a justified decision based on the situation,” added Sargsyan. 

Emil Lazarian: “I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS