Yerevan May 18
Tatevik Shahunyan. Armenia is a party involved in the Karabakh conflict. Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan stated this in his conversation with journalists, referring to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s statement that Armenia is a party to the Karabakh conflict, which was criticized by former Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan and Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov.
According to him, Armenia, along with Artsakh and Azerbaijan, joined the agreement on the suspension of military actions at the Karabakh conflict zone from 1994, putting its signature under it. “From this point of view, Armenia is a party to the conflict, besides, the Azerbaijani authorities constantly announced their claims directly to the territory of Armenia, so that Armenia is involved in the conflict, but its main parties are Artsakh and Azerbaijan,” explained Kocharyan , adding that Armenia can not unambiguously negotiate instead of Artsakh.
To note, during a press conference in Stepanakert, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia is a side of the Karabakh conflict. This was the reaction of former Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan and Vice Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, stressing that such statements distort the essence of the conflict, transform it into a territorial dispute, which Baku strives for. They stressed that Armenia is the guarantor of the security of Artsakh, whose people are fighting for the right to self-determination.
Meanwhile, the first president of Armenia Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated that Yerevan is a party to the conflict, and this is recorded in international documents.