Hraparak daily of Armenia writes: The meeting between [Armenia’s PM] Nikol Pashinyan and Artsakh [(Nagorno-Karabakh)] President Arayik Harutyunyan took place yesterday.
Arayik Harutyunyan told his close circles about what a difficult meeting he had with Pashinyan, the latter repeated the official Baku's point of view that, in its view, Artsakh should be integrated with Azerbaijan, the people of Artsakh should find an understanding, live with Azerbaijanis because there is no alternative, or there is: in the form of war and extermination of 120 thousand Artsakh citizens. And he hoped that the international community promised to ensure [Artsakh] a certain status, autonomy within Azerbaijan. Arayik Harutyunyan returned to Artsakh with a heavy mood and impressions and told a close circle that he no longer wants to remain in the position of president.
It is noteworthy that yesterday the [Standing] Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the AR [(Artsakh Republic)] parliament was discussing the draft constitutional changes and gave a positive conclusion [to them].
To remind: the [aforesaid] changes relate to the possibility of the [Artsakh] NA [(National Assembly)] electing a president [of Artsakh] in the event of a vacancy in the position of president during martial law. The NA will elect the president of Artsakh until the termination of the term of office of the incumbent president. And Artsakh is under martial law since 1992. In political circles, they believe that Harutyunyan wants to transfer the president's seat to someone else as soon as possible.