Most Important is Status of Nagorno-Karabakh and Security of its People: Abrahamyan

“For us, the most important thing for us is the status of Nagorno-Karabakh (NKR) and the security of its people,” said RA National Assembly Chair Hovik Abrahamyan at a March 11 meeting with a delegation headed by OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Joao Soares.

The Armenian parliamentary speaker noted that the basis of the NKR conflict settlement is the recognition of NKR people’s right to self-determination and the implementation of this right.

Mentioning that any attempt to resolve the conflict by military means may have unpredictable consequences for not only the conflicting parties, but also the whole region, Abrahamyan said he was certain that the NKR issue must be resolved peacefully, through negotiations mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group.

The NA Chair also said Armenia was in favor of establishing relations with Turkey without any preconditions, drawing attention to the fact that Turkey links the ratification of the Protocols to the resolution of the NKR conflict, while these two processes have no links with each other.

“We will ratify the Protocols as soon as they will be ratified by the Turkish parliament,” added Abrahamyan.