“We are victims of discrimination”
Armenians in Azerbaijan seek to act as an independent structure capable of protecting its rights. In the last 20 years they became convinced that they are victims of discrimination.
"Not a single discussion or meeting has referred to the issue of local Armenians in recent years," said Andreas Ghukasyan, a specialist of the Azerbaijani-Armenian Refugee Assembly.
It is already 19 years the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan have reached a deadlock.
"Although the Karabakh talks are spearheaded by the OSCE Minsk Group, Azerbaijan has a key role in the process. However, this is not the only format for the conflict settlement," the specialist said adding that there are at least six formats to resolve similar disputes between nations.
"In the given situation the OSCE can do only thing -it should accept that its principles were wrong from the very beginning since they aimed to legalize the Republic of Azerbaijian within the borders of Soviet Azerbaijan."
Regarding the Kazan-hosted trilateral meeting between Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents, Ghukasyan said, "Armenia's internal policy is not sustainable. We cannot continually undergo similar ordeals; the process will lead Armenia to collapse."
Ghukasyan says each person is free to decide the country he wants to live in. There are issues which cannot be settled without Artsakh's direct participation in the talks.
"Armenian and NKR authorities should reach a consensus. NKR President says that no decision is acceptable without Karabakh's involvement in the talks while Armenia neglects Karabakh which means that Armenia faces a crisis," he added.
