Babayan on Hoagland`s statement: USA does not see Artsakh with Azerbaijan
ArmInfo.The statement of American co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group Richard Hoagland about the six points of the settlement of Nagorno Karabakh conflict is not an ultimatum, press secretary of NKR president David Babayan said.
"Thus, we will not be pressured to adopt this package. This document is not an ultimatum or pressure. This is the US vision for the Karabakh settlement. And in this vision there are two key points - the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict and the fact that the US does not see Artsakh as part of Azerbaijan, "Babayan stated in a conversation with ArmInfo correspondent. At the same time, he stressed that there is no return to the past, since Artsakh within the borders of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region (as stated in the elements promulgated by Hoagland) will become "cannon fodder", and Azerbaijan will not resist the temptation of a forceful settlement, since Baku Never concealed that he sees only one way to resolve the conflict - the restoration of the so-called territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. "Official Baku repeatedly stressed that there is no second Armenian state," Babayan reminded.
At the same time, the official representative of the head of the NKR recalled that Stepanakert had repeatedly stated the need to restore a full-fledged format of negotiations. According to him, Artsakh should be involved in all stages of the negotiations, otherwise it will be impossible to achieve a full-fledged settlement. "Secondly, we have always said that the conflict must be resolved in a package way, rather than distorted-substantive as Azerbaijan insists. If Baku is for a step-by-step solution to the conflict, then at the first stage there should be recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh, another option cannot be considered, "Babayan said. And in this context, he added that Hoagland's proposals are one of the theoretical ways of settling the conflict, but this does not mean that the work will be stopped - the process will be continued in search of a mutually acceptable solution.
To note, yesterday late in the evening, already departing US Co-Chair of OSCE Minsk Group, Richard Hoagland (who will be replaced by Charge d'Affaires at the US Mission to the International Organizations in Vienna, Andrew Chauffer-editor's notes), published six elements on the settlement of Karabakh conflict. According to the report, taking into account the complex history of the Karabakh conflict sides should in the future to fix its final legal status on the basis of consensus and legally binding expression of will. And before that territory within the administrative borders of the former Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous and not under the control of Baku must obtain a temporary status, which, at a minimum, provides guarantees of security and sovereignty. The "occupied territories" around Nagorno-Karabakh, according to the statement,should be transferred under the control of Baku. There can not be any settlement without taking into account Azerbaijan's sovereignty, the report says. "The power of Azerbaijan over these territories should be restored," the text says. The next item is discussed the creation of a land corridor between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, which should be "wide enough" for the safe transport, but can not occupy the entire territory of Lachin district. Long-term settlement should ensure the right of all forcibly resettled and refugees to places of early residence, the statement said. And the last point is negotiating the creation of international security guarantees, which includes a long-term settlement. These guarantees, according to the statement, should include peacekeeping operations. "There is no scenario in which the world could be achieved without a well-organized peacekeeping activities, enjoying the confidence of all parties," the statement reads.