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YEREVAN, JULY 25, ARMENPRESS. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that it’s not up to his administration to determine the fate of the people of Nagorno Karabakh and that the representatives of the latter should be a party to the negotiations and dialogue with Azerbaijan.
“Armenia cannot decide the fate of the people of Nagorno Karabakh,” Pashinyan said at a press conference on July 25. “With the logic that representatives of Nagorno Karabakh must themselves be a party to talks and dialogue,” he added.
“This is the agenda that we’ve been advancing, taking into consideration that the rights and security of the people of Nagorno Karabakh must be discussed with participation of Nagorno Karabakh representatives in a Baku-Stepanakert dialogue format under an international mechanism. I believe that within the framework of such formula, the people and government of Nagorno Karabakh will have the chance to address issues of their concern, and not only put forward questions or generate content, but also, which is highly important, bear the political responsibility pertaining to this content,” Pashinyan said.
Pashinyan said that his administration, as stated previously, still doesn’t have a decision whether or not a possible peace treaty with Azerbaijan should include Nagorno Karabakh, or that the rights and security of the people of Nagorno Karabakh should be addressed in another logic. He did stress that although they don’t have a decision on this matter, they do have a stance.