"Upon inheriting Azerbaijan, Aliyev started to pretend he doesn't see, hear and remember much of what's happening around him,'' ex-NKR President Arkadi Ghukasyan stated, commenting on recent declaration of Azeri president Ilham Aliyev on impossibility of NKR secession from Azerbaijan.

Ghukasyan criticizes Azeri President, accusing Aliyev of refusing to hear appeals of international community to cease military rhetoric and withdraw snipers from contact line. "He only hears himself while trying to speak on behalf of mediators, Armenia, and, what's the most cynical, on behalf of NKR. Aliyev keeps threatening with war even if he speaks of peace," Ghukasyan noted.

"Statements of Azeri leaders prove their unreadiness to compromise. Aliyev is virtually sabotaging negotiation process," ex-NKR President stated.