Panorama, Armenia
Sept 21 2020
Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan has reacted to the latest statement of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that negotiations over Nagorno-Karabakh are “virtually non-existent.”
“If he does not negotiate, then the negotiations do not exist for him,” the defense chief told reporters at Yerablur Military Pantheon in Yerevan on Monday, September 21, marking the 29th anniversary of Armenia’s independence.
Aliyev had also accused the Armenian authorities of disrupting the process of negotiations.
“He should blame himself instead of blaming the Armenian side,” Tonoyan stressed.
Congratulating Armenians on Independence Day, the minister wished the Armenian people strength and endurance to overcome all challenges.