Issue of ceding land not on agenda "unless Karabakh status determined"November 30, 2016 - 17:50 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The issue of surrendering land to Azerbaijan can be substantial only in the event of the determination of Nagorno Karabakh's status, a spokesman for Armenian President said, RFE/RL Armenian Service reports. According to Vladimir Hakobyan, President Serzh Sargsyan in an interview with Rossiya Segodnya did not dwell upon all the provisions of a comprenhesive solution for the conflict which, as the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs say, are inseparable. "The President stressed that Karabakh's right to self-determination is enshrined in the first paragraph of the proposal. All the other elements are "derivatives." All the remaining issues will get their logical and fair solution parallel to the settlement of the conflict," Hakobyan said. "As long as the chief problem exists and the issue of Artsakh's status is in limbo, no other problem can be solved," Hakobyan cited the President as saying. The issue of ceding land to Baku can be substantial only after Karabakh's status is determined, he said. "No enclave status is ever possible, the issue has been raised multiple times both by the President and the Co-chairs. "The conflict settlement package stipulates the need for land communication between Armenia and Karabakh. "I mean not a mere land route to connect Armenia and Karabakh, but broad, safe and unobstructed communication, which will thoroughly be safeguarded against any attack by Azerbaijan." Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. reacts to Russia’s criticism of upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting Matthew Miller has weighed in on Russia’s criticism of an upcoming Armenia-EU-U.S. meeting. Lavrov sees ‘collapse’ of Russia’s ties with Armenia Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has underscored heightened tensions between Russia and Armenia. Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. |