A. GHUKASSIAN: WE KEEP THE WINDOW OPEN

In his recent visit to the region of Hadrut Arkady Ghukassian answered the questions of journalists. The president made some interesting statements with regard to the question of sending an OSCE monitoring group to study the fires. Does the head of NKR share Armenian Foreign Minister Vardan Oskanian’s opinion that if Azerbaijan is willing to cooperate over extinguishing fires at the front line, it should turn to the NKR government? Was there any invitation from the monitoring group, and does the president of NKR consider the possibility of cooperation with Azerbaijan realistic? Arkady Ghukassian: “First, I would like to note that it was our proposal when Azerbaijan started all that fuss about fires. It is clear that it was caused artificially because they are the author of both fires and propaganda. The problem is that we have invited international organizations for a number of times to conduct a monitoring, because we also want the international community to have a clear picture of the situation in Nagorno Karabakh, namely at the border. And since the OSCE mission is likely to arrive, naturally they must cooperate with the Nagorno-Karabakh government. There has been no official information yet, but as soon as it is there, we are ready to accept them. I believe that this mission will make an unbiased conclusion on the situation in Karabakh. And the purpose of Azerbaijan is the same.” Mr. President, what do Bryza’s controversial statements prompt, is the window of settlement shut this year? Besides, you said in a recent radio interview that the international recognition is the settlement. Is it so? Arkady Ghukassian: “The international recognition was always a variant, this idea is not new because we believe that the future of Karabakh is the de jure international recognition of its status. As to the window, we have never closed the window, on the contrary, we always keep the window open, and I am hopeful that the window is not closed, and we are ready to start a constructive dialogue with Azerbaijan.” What is you opinion on reporting the problem to the UN? Arkady Ghukassian: “I think this is a destructive approach because it is clear that the OSCE Minsk Group has attended to this problem over these years and the attempts to involve other international organizations will result in a disorder, which is not favorable for the conflict parties. Unfortunately, Nagorno Karabakh is not represented to these international organizations, and Armenia expressed its opinion clearly that it is against that any international organization starts attending to the issues, which are dealt with by the OSCE. I think the right instrument is the diplomatic instrument, and I think the Armenian diplomacy should be more active. Unfortunately, a situation has occurred today when the diplomatic corps of Azerbaijan constantly attacks, and we have to be on the defensive. I think it is high time that we attack.”
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