NKR official: “Kasprzyk wanted to sound original”
"Azerbaijan will not sign a document that will make it abstain from the use of force," Chairman of the NKR NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Vahram Atanesyan said after a sitting of the Armenia-NKR interparliamentary committee.
"In their statement, the Minsk Group Co-Chairs urged the sides to reach an agreement over the basic principles of the Karabakh talks. We find it impossible since Azerbaijan will not abstain from the use of force. If Azerbaijan signs the document and agrees to its provisions, it will open a door for NKR's universal recognition. This will be immediately followed by large-scale discussions between the sides over unsettled issues," he said.
Recently, the personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk said that before the final settlement of the Karabakh conflict, the sides should determine Karabakh's interim status which should not essentially differ from Karabakh's present status.
Commenting on Kasprzyk's words, Vahram Atanesyan said that the personal representative of OSCE Chairman-in-Office simply tried to sound original before completing his mission.
