Armenia has to be ready for regional hostilities, the possibility of which can never be ruled out, former NKR Foreign Minister Arman Melikyan said.

“The possibility of resumption of hostilities in the region is no higher than 5 years ago,” he told a news conference in Yerevan, also adding that Azerbaijan won’t launch a war, unless offered guarantees by one of superpowers.

“To strengthen its positions in Azerbaijan, Moscow could benefit from the situation by agreeing a compromise with Baku,” Melikyan noted, commenting on Russia’s stance in Karabakh conflict settlement.

“Armenians’ leaving Karabakh would be the worst scenario in final solution to the conflict,” Melikyan believes.