ARMINFO News Agency, Armenia October 7, 2017 Saturday Bako Sahakyan: Sooner or later Independence of Nagorno Karabakh will be recognized-it is just a matter of time Yerevan October 7 Tatevik Shahunyan. The independence of Nagorno-Karabakh will sooner or later be recognized - it's only a matter of time. This was stated in the interview to the newspaper "Noah's Ark" by the President of Nagorno-Karabakh Bako Sahakyan. Assessing the mediation efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group, Sahakyan noted that she is carrying out a large, very important work on the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict, maintaining peace and stability in the region. "Stepanakert highly appreciates the role and long-term work of the co-chair countries in this whole process," he said. Speaking about the possibility of Artsakh's return to the negotiating table, he noted that it does not depend only on Stepanakert's desire. "We have always advocated the restoration of a full negotiating format. But it was violated because of the destructive policy of official Baku. Moreover, there was a very specific situation. The format of the negotiations, where the Republic of Artsakh, along with Azerbaijan and Armenia, is recognized as a full-fledged party to the conflict, was determined through consensus at the 1994 Budapest Summit of the OSCE. The format change should also be approved at the OSCE summit again on the basis of a consensus decision. It was not. Thus, the destructive behavior of Azerbaijan rudely violates the political and legal basis of the negotiation process. Violates it and moral and ethical standards. The fate of Artsakh cannot be solved without his participation, "Saakyan said, while stressing that holding negotiations even in a distorted format is better than stopping them altogether. Nevertheless, the NKR leader emphasized, the restoration of the negotiation format is uncontested and is only a matter of time. He also stressed that one of the key components of the settlement of the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict is the maintenance of peace and stability in the region. "However, official Baku constantly violates the ceasefire, resorts to sabotage, subversive and terrorist actions. All this, of course, is stopped by the Army of Defense of the Artsakh Republic, but, unfortunately, it does not do without losses. Responsible for this is Azerbaijan, which by its actions causes serious damage to the negotiation process and the efforts of intermediaries, threatens the stability in our region. Even the numerous human losses on the part of Azerbaijan itself do not hamper the aggressive policy pursued by Baku, "Sahakyan said, stressing that the international community, through the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, must continue taking appropriate steps in this direction.