Yerevan: If there was an embargo on the sale of weapons to the conflicting parties, there would not be such conversations "if not we, then others will sell weapons"
ArmInfo.Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan believes that if an arms embargo were imposed on the conflicting sides, there would be no such conversations that "if not we, then others will sell weapons."
"At one time, the Russian side said that if it does not, another state will do it. I put forth the following idea: since the three OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council, they have the potential to achieve the imposition of a general embargo on arms deliveries to certain countries. This would be the solution of the issue, and no country could say: if it does not deliver, it will be bought from another," Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters in the National Assembly, referring to the last statement of Russian President Vladimir Putin, that the supply of US arms to Ukraine exacerbates the situation and does not contribute to the settlement of the issue, and comments on whether it can be concluded that the supply of arms to Azerbaijan does not want Russia to resolve the conflict in Karabakh.
At the same time, he added that it is problematic to take such decisions in the UN Security Council, but it is possible, since the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs should be interested in this.
Touching upon the statement of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk that the monitoring group could not understand where they shot from during the last OSCE monitoring on the Armenian-Azerbaijani state border, Kocharyan stated: "Naturally, if the statement is unaddressed, it encourages Azerbaijan resort to such steps. But in general, we see that Azerbaijan is isolated from all rules of the international game. Although Azerbaijan is isolated from this international game by such behavior, this does not mean that the Armenian side should feel securely protected. We, first of all, should rely on our strength."
Touching upon the ARF Dashnaktsutyun proposal on the unilateral implementation of the Vienna and Petersburg agreements by the Armenian side and introducing mechanisms of trust on its side, and thus avoiding statements that it is unclear which side was shooting, the deputy minister stressed that such equipment has been installed today along the entire perimeter of the contact line.