The recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic by the international community can become a guarantee for human rights protection and prevention of Azerbaijan’s aggressive intentions, NKR Prime Minister Anushavan Danielyan said in Stepanakert at the international conference titled “Nagorno Karabakh Republic: Past, Present, Future. In the words of the NKR Premier, the war levied by Azerbaijan on Artsakh demanded strong will, firmness and losses from the Armenian people. With the assistance of whole Armenianhood the people of Artsakh managed not only to defend the homeland but also to recover from the consequences of the war. “During nearly 20 years of existence the republic passed through all the stages of state building. It ensured the security of the population and protected the state interests,” Danielyan remarked.
He underscored that the efforts of the NKR leadership are targeted at settlement of the conflicts on the basis of principles that reflect the will of the Karabakh people. “Unfortunately no considerable progress has been fixed in the negotiation process yet. This is Azerbaijan’s fault, since being not ready for any compromise this country denies the right of nation to self-determination and insists on the principle of “inviolability” of its territorial integrity. This circumstance doesn’t allow conveying a new impulse to the negotiations and developing the positive tendencies achieved during recent 10 years with the assistance of international mediators,” the NKR Prime Minister considers. In his words, the non-constructive position of the Azeri leadership and irresponsible calls to solve the problem by force jeopardize the security of the whole region. The leadership of Nagorno Karabakh have many times state of their firm intention to solve the problem peacefully and today we are ready to support the activities of the OSCE Co-chairs’, whose potential has not been exhausted yet,” Danielyan said.
He also said that despite the unsettlement of the conflict and non-recognition of the NKR by the international community, the authority of Nagorno Karabakh as de facto independent state keeps on growing. “The NKR is interesting in developing cooperation with all the states of the region including Azerbaijan,” the Prime Minister of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic said, reported De Facto news agency.
