Azerbaijani First Vice Speaker: Armenian president's speech was for domestic audience

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan's statement in an interview with "Russia 24" on Thursday that Nagorno Karabakh will never become part of Azerbaijan, was for the domestic audience, Azerbaijani Parliament’s First Vice-Speaker Ziyafat Asgerov said.

"Armenia has repeatedly voiced similar views. Sargsyan is saying this mainly for the domestic audience, though he knows the Nagorno-Karabakh status is not an issue in negotiations. The OSCE Minsk Group has confirmed that Nagorno-Karabakh is an integral part of Azerbaijan," Asgerov said, and that Armenia recognizes it as well.

"They just make inadmissible suggestions concerning its status. Our position is that the highest status of autonomy that exists in the world can be granted to Nagorno-Karabakh within Azerbaijan. There is no problem in this matter from our side. They create the problem. When and how they will agree to a compromise is their business," Asgerov said.


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