Serzh Sargsyan refused to return the five regions. Lukashenko

The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan should find a common solution to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict by making compromises. This was announced by the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, during a press conference with the Russian media. 

He noted that Belarus and Russia have adopted a consolidated position, promising to introduce a military unit if necessary in order to provide certain guarantees. According to Lukashenko, this issue was discussed back in Yerevan, during one of the CSTO summits, when he was the president. Serzh Sargsyan:

“Then I honestly said: listen, as they say, 7 districts have been occupied. And we adopted a consolidated position with Putin (this happened in Yerevan at the CSTO meeting). Serge, give me those 5 laps. What’s the point of keeping them when they’re empty? He said if I return, they will block the road, blockade Karabakh, etc. And we, together with Putin, clearly promised that we will introduce troops and will not allow it (it was said in the presence of Azerbaijanis). However, Sargsyan said. “No, we won’t go for it, we don’t want it,” Lukashenko said.

The President of Belarus said that Serzh Sargsyan’s behavior surprised him and raised questions.

“Why don’t they want to? Those five regions are empty. That’s the first step. In that case, both Azerbaijan and Armenia would be in CSTO, EAEU. That was the condition under which Azerbaijan can join the organization. Why do you refuse? Well, let’s leave Belarus, Russia acted as a guarantor that there will never be a war there, if those regions, which you recognize as Azerbaijani, are liberated. It’s not about Karabakh,” the Belarusian president added.