Yesterday Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan, stressed that Nagorno-Karabakh should obtain international recognition of its de facto secession from Azerbaijan as a result of the long period of talks to the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace.
“It is important for us that Artsakh is independent, the people of Artsakh is able to hold a referendum and decide his fate by himself. This must be the most important thing at the heart of these negotiations, “Abrahamian protested to reporters after inspecting the positions of the Armenian army on the border with the enclave of Nakhichevan of Azerbaijan.
Conducting such a referendum is considered one of the elements of a framework agreement for peace put forward by the mediators of the United States, Russia and France, who are trying to negotiate a solution to the conflict Karabakh. The conflicting parties continue to disagree on some crucial details of these basic principles changed several times during the last decade.
The difficult search for a mutually acceptable peace formula was further complicated by the increasing violations of cease-fire along the “line of contact” around Karabakh and the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Armed incidents intensified before the meeting on 10 December between the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents in Bern, Switzerland.
Abrahamian added that Yerevan still hopes that the negotiation process eventually lead by agreement. “I think we need to continue these diplomatic contacts, try to convince Azerbaijan, trying to have a peaceful situation following discussions,” he commented.
Abrahamian, at the same time, Baku warned against increasing tensions on the front lines. “If they fire once, we will fight back even stronger,” he warned.
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