Der Spiegel Preparing to Make a Few Corrections in Serzh Sargsyan Interview: Spokesperson

Certain inaccuracies have been found in well-known German weekly Der Spiegel’s interview with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan as a result of reduction and corrections in translation by the German publication’s editorial team.

In particular, Sargsyan, referring to the Azerbaijani version of the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, had said the following: “If Azerbaijan recognized Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence, I think that the issue could be resolved in a few hours. Unfortunately, they [Azerbaijan] still think that they should return Karabakh. Returning Karabakh to Azerbaijan means a complete depopulation of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh within a short period of time.”

RA President’s Press Secretary Armen Arzumanyan told Tert.am that Der Spiegel’s editorial staff has promised to correct this and a few other inaccurate statements found in the published interview.