IF AZERBAIJAN READY TO WAR, IT WOULD HAVE STARTED IT
PanARMENIAN.Net
12.02.2010 18:14 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ If Azerbaijan was really ready for war, it would
have started the war, Galust Sahakyan head of the Republican Party
of Armenia’s parliamentary group told a press conference in Yerevan.
According to him, there is a clear position of the OSCE Minsk Group,
stated that in case of war, the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan
will no longer be discussed and only the issue of self-determination
of Nagorno Karabakh would be regarded.
Galust Sahakyan reminded, that Armenia has repeatedly stated that in
the Karabakh conflict settlement the status of Nagorno Karabakh is
the priority issue for Armenia. "You must first decide the Karabakh’s
status and only after that to turn to other questions," Sahakian said,
adding that Armenia guarantees the security of NKR and the rest should
be decided by the Karabakh people, whether they want to join Armenia
or not.
The conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan broke out in
1988 as result of the ethnic cleansing the latter launched in the
final years of the Soviet Union. The Karabakh War was fought from
1991 to 1994. Since the ceasefire in 1994, sealed by Armenia, Nagorno
Karabakh and Azerbaijan, most of Nagorno Karabakh and several regions
of Azerbaijan around it (the security zone) remain under the control
of NKR defense army. Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks
mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group up till now.