Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said in a recent interview with the Russian media that he is ready for any ‘fruitful’ meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart over the unsettled Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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STEPANAKERT, NOVEMBER 17, ARTSAKHPRESS: “We have never rejected any proposal for a meeting, whether on the level of presidents or foreign ministers, or even on a working level. We are really eager to see that the meetings yield results and make way for progress. If we keep on meeting without any progress and see no implementation of the agreements reached, what is the use of having those meetings at all?” the president said in comments to Dmitry Kisilev, the head of the Russian government-run international news agency Rossiya Segodnya, as Tert.am informs, RIA Novosti reports.
He reaffirmed Armenia’s readiness to sign, within the shortest possible timeframes, an agreement allowing for an investigation into the ceasefire violations along the Line of Contact.
“We want the co-chairs and the international community to really know who is responsible for violating the truce,” the president said.
He also reiterated Armenia’s commitment to reaching only a peaceful settlement of the conflict.
“There is, certainly, a decision, and we understand that it must rely upon mutual concessions. But this is not the case in which Armenia, Azerbaijan or Karabakh should turn out a winner,” Sargsyan added.
Citing the three principles elaborated in collaboration with the OSCE Minsk Group (territorial integrity of states, self-determination of peoples and non-use of force and threat of force), the president said that the Armenian authorities are ready to return to the negotiations with Azerbaijan provided that those conditions are met.
