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Azerbaijan gets an adequate response to its actions. It will come to its senses soon, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan told reporters after the government session today as he was commenting on the situation on Armenian-Azerbaijani border and Karabakh-Azerbaijan line of contact.

In his words, Azerbaijan has overstepped the limits. “And the matter concerns not only ceasefire violations, but also the insolence that Azerbaijan shows towards the international community and its own obligations,” Kocharyan said.

“After all, there is a trilateral agreement on the ceasefire. By the way, Azerbaijan itself asked the authorities of Nagorno Karabakh to sign that agreement. And there is also the 1995 agreement on the strengthening of the ceasefire. So it turns out that international law means nothing to Azerbaijan. In other words, Azerbaijan’s behavior differs in no way from behavior of various terrorist organizations, the style is the same: killings of people, destruction of monuments, and so on,” S. Kocharyan said adding that with such steps, Azerbaijan accelerated the process of international recognition of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic.

When asked if Armenia can change its position in the negotiating process by setting new conditions to Azerbaijan, Shavarsh Kocharyan replied that the process is transparent and it is known which side hinders the progress. “The position of the Armenian side has always been clear, understandable and perceivable to everyone. Everybody knows this. We have nothing to hide, we always act openly,” he said. 

He also touched upon the sale of arms by Russia to Azerbaijan, noting that the issue causes concern of the Armenian side.
“We always said that this fact causes concern. As regards the reaction of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), at the moment there is no need to appeal to CSTO,” he said, underlining the importance of the existing agreements between the countries and international organizations that ‘may provide support in a particular situation”.

“Yet the Armenian side relies first of all on itself,” the deputy foreign minister stressed.