“All this resembles a disease when trying to find something behind everything”- so responded Chairman of the NA Committee on State and Legal Affairs, RPA MP Hovhannes Sahakyan, in an interview with Aravot.am, referring to the Serzh Sargsyan-Aliyev-Putin meeting followed by the criticism of the opposition criticism that instead of bringing Artsakh to the negotiations table, we have brought the Russian side. Note that after the meeting in St. Petersburg, the three presidents issued a joint statement, in which they said that the sides have agreed to continue their contacts under this format in addition to the Minsk Group co-chairs’ tasks.
Hovhannes Sahakyan believes that by saying a format, they meant the peace talks, “If you have noticed, before and after the April war, the situation has quite been changed. Also, it is due to our demand and agenda that the investigation mechanisms must be introduced and they will get a real assessment about the ceasefire violator. The President put forward his position on the need for the installment of the mechanisms, after which we can return to negotiations. Now, it looks that the mechanism are introduced and we return to the negotiating process.”
To our question that Serzh Sargsyan clearly stated that there will be no discussion without the involvement of the Artsakh side but it looks that this issue is ignored now, Hovhannes Sahakyan replied, “We know that diplomacy and such meetings are a process which has continuation. Also, there are things that are being discussed and only at a convenient moment, everyone can learn and be informed about it.”
To our observation that opposition members have serious doubts about the effectiveness of the investigation mechanisms, saying that if they investigate and determined that Azerbaijan has violated, so what comes next, “If the opposition members do not want to see what comes next, then I must say that there will be a true and clear assessment, attitude and sanction by the international community. There could be thousand and one consequences. After all, we have not violated but you, such questions will get a clear answer. If there is a clear attitude, the situation will be completely different. This is a very important condition for solving the problem through negotiations.”
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