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In a new development, Armenia has shown its willingness to make concessions on the Nagorno Karabakh issue after 10 days of bloody battles in the region, and emphasized its confidence that Russia will defend it when necessary.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said his country is willing to make concessions in its dispute with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh as long as Baku has a similar intention.
“Disputes should be resolved on the basis of mutual concessions,” Pashinyan said in an interview with Agence France-Presse in Yerevan, adding that “Nagorny Karabakh is ready and Armenia is ready to make concessions in exchange for which Azerbaijan is ready to. offer”.
He expressed “confidence” that Russia would help his country if it came under direct attack, in light of ongoing battles with Azerbaijan, which is still confined to the Armenian-occupied Nagorno Karabakh region.
In the same interview, Pashinyan said: “I am sure that Russia will fulfill its obligations if the situation requires it” within the framework of the existing military alliance between the two countries.
Responsibility of Turkey
The Armenian prime minister considered that the resumption of fighting in the region was caused by Turkish support for Azerbaijan, condemning what he considered “a terrorist war against a people fighting for their freedom.”
He stressed that “if it had not been for the mass movement of Turkey, this war would not have started. If it is true that the Azerbaijani authorities have adopted a rhetoric of mass war in the last 15 years, then the decision to start the war is due to the Turkey’s full support. “
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