Armenian politician Tigran Karapetyan: "Armenia may cede to Azerbaijan only Aghdam"

The politician considers that in order to settle the Karabakh problem Armenia must display political flexibility and agree on some territorial concessions.

"Of the liberated lands of Nagorno Karabakh Armenia can cede only Aghdam.

The trilateral agreement signed in Moscow showed readiness of the Armenian and Azerbaijani sides to settle the Karabakh conflict peacefully, on the basis of international law. This declaration implies the fact of recognition of "NKR" recognition by Azerbaijan.

Yet, this is not an adequate response to the recognition of the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan by Armenia, as Karabakh independence is a formed political fact.

The issue today is the recognition of the liberated lands of Karabakh, which Azerbaijan does not do. And in this direction I imply some concessions from the Armenian side in the issue of the further settlement of the conflict", said the politician.

"On the whole, I welcome the idea and position of the public initiative "Unification" about the integrity of Karabakh and impossibility of territorial concessions to Azerbaijan from among the liberated lands of Karabakh.

But we are not radical in this issue. I do not quite understand the policy of the "Unification", which says not a piece of land should be ceded to the enemy. Certainly, we are the owners of our lands. But, if the super states guarantee security of Karabakh, we can think over it.

I consider it possible to return only Aghdam, no other territories.

Why Aghdam? It has always been a market of arms sale, while our markets sell apples. In Aghdam the Azerbaijani population always exceeded the Armenian. The remaining territories are important to ensure the security of "NKR" and I consider that any concessions of the liberated lands  will be followed by others.

Azerbaijan will not content on this and will require new concessions. Therefore, except Aghdam, I think other concessions are inadmissible. Let international peacekeeping forces, for example Russia, be deployed there. Let them deploy in Aghdam", said Karapetyan.

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