Armenian premier clarifies country’s stance on mutual concessions in Karabakh conflict settlement

YEREVAN, February 1. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking Thursday in Cologne at his meeting with representatives of the Armenian community in Germany, said that the Armenian side will think over concessions in Karabakh problem only after Azerbaijan states that it is ready for any. 

“I have repeatedly said at the National Assembly: ‘Why everybody asks us if we are ready for concessions?’ But who said that we are the first who should answer this question? Why nobody asks Azerbaijan whether they are ready for concessions or not? That is why I have many times stated publicly that we’ll not answer this question until Azerbaijan answers it,” Pashinyan is quoted by the government’s press office. 

Karabakh conflict broke out in 1988 when Karabakh, mainly populated by Armenians, declared its independence from Azerbaijan.
On December 10, 1991, a few days after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a referendum took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and the majority of the population (99.89%) voted for secession from Azerbaijan. 
Afterwards, large-scale military operations began. As a result, Azerbaijan lost control over Nagorno-Karabakh and the seven regions adjacent to it.

Some 30,000 people were killed in this war and about one million people fled their homes.  
On May 12, 1994, the Bishkek cease-fire agreement put an end to the military operations.
Тalks brokered by OSCE Minsk Group are being held over peaceful settlement of the conflict. The group is co-chaired by USA, Russia and France. -0--

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12:27 02/01/2019