Serzh Sargsyan: Azerbaijan`s self-restraint in the sense that Armenia  is isolated is a myth

ArmInfo. "If the President of Azerbaijan puts forward territorial claims against Yerevan, the 2800th anniversary of which we will celebrate in October, how can the Karabakh problem be solved?" - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan responded to the question of the First Secretary of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Germany Sadi Jafarov about when the Karabakh conflict will be resolved and when the Azerbaijanis who once lived in  Nagorno-Karabakh, including himself, can return to places of early living.

"First of all, I am very grateful for this chain of questions posed  by my fellow countryman, because I am also rooted in Karabakh." The  Karabakh problem can be resolved, and although I doubt it a little,  you can return to Karabakh or the surrounding areas only If your  country's government is sobering up and refuses its unrealistic  expectations regarding the outcome of the talks, you want to live  free, you want to live in Karabakh. "Believe that Karabakh people  want to live freely and want to live on their historical land, which  they have duschee from the depths of thousands of heritage, and they  do not want you to destroy this heritage.

And why several regions of Azerbaijan were under the control of the  self-defense forces of Nagorno- Karabakh, you know this very well.  You know that the Karabagh people just conducted a civilized way of  referendum, appealed to the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union - this  was demanded by the current law of the Soviet Union, so that the  Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region from Azerbaijan would become part  of Armenia. In return, your then authorities tried to smother this  legitimate demand and desire of the Karabakh people with weapons. By  the way, I must say that at that time all European structures showed  a very positive approach and said, yes, Nagorno-Karabakh must  self-determination. But the war does not share chocolates,  unfortunately. I hate war. However, it so happened that we had to  create a security belt to protect ourselves, "the RA President  explained.

Serge Sargsyan again addressed this conference to the participants of  the conference, stressing the readiness of the Armenian side for a  peaceful settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh issue." If you  demonstrate sanity - I'm not talking about the people of Azerbaijan,  talking about the leadership of Azerbaijan - and indeed you will sit  down at the negotiating table and understand that this problem can be  solved only and only on the basis of compromises. I do not want to  take the time of the participants, I just want to say that it's time  to be sober. Yerevan has a 2800-year history, the Armenian people  live in their historical territory for at least five thousand years,  and Azerbaijan or other peoples that God knows when they began to  identify themselves can not break the will of the Armenian people. I  thank you for this chain of questions, "the president said.

At the same time, he stressed that the opportunities of the Armenian  side grow from year to year, because the world quietly begins to  understand how tolerant the Armenians are, and in what difficult  geopolitical conditions they are. "Our problem is not only  Azerbaijan.

Our problem is the unconditional support of Turkey by Azerbaijan. And  I must say that Azerbaijani self- complacency in the sense that  Armenia is isolated is a myth. Myth. There is nothing like that. And  if Armenia were isolated, would not have a higher average salary than  Azerbaijan, which has oil, gas and so on, I can bring other  indicators, "the Armenian leader summed up.