PanARMENIAN.Net - EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar has said that it is impossible to reach a settlement without taking into account the opinion of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The three held their third meeting since December in Brussels on Sunday, May 22 and focused on the situation in the South Caucasus and the development of EU relations with both countries as well as the broader region.
Klaar made the remarks in an interview with the Armenian Service of RFE/RL on Monday, June 6, weeks after President of the European Council Charles Michel told Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that it is necessary that the rights and security of the ethnic Armenian population in Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) be addressed.
The EU envoy said the Armenians of Karabakh are a party to the conflict, that must be part of the solution, no matter what happens. According to him, the people of Karabakh have a fundamental interest in achieving a comprehensive settlement.
"I personally do not see how we can reach such a settlement without taking into account the opinion and point of view of those people," he said.