Should Azerbaijan resume hostilities, Armenia will have to recognize de jure the independence of Karabakh and take measures to provide NKR safety, Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan stated at CSTO summit in Moscow.

"Armenia is categorically opposed to a military solution to the Karabakh problem," Armenian President said. “In the event Azerbaijan unleashes a new military venture, Armenia will be left with no choice but to recognise de jure the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh and provide for the safety of its population by all means," RIA Novosti cited the President as saying.