Yerevan Reporter

President of the Republic of Artsakh Araik Harutyunyan addressed to the recent statements of Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan about the Azerbaijani-Karabakh conflict and the concerns about them, especially among the Armenians of Artsakh. Full recognition of the right of Armenians of Artsakh to self-determination is not subject to any reservations or concessions, and the Armenians of Artsakh are the exclusive master of the issue, Harutyunyan stressed, noting thus, only the authorities of the Republic of Artsakh have the right to speak on behalf of the people of Artsakh. "The goal of international recognition of the independence of the Republic of Artsakh is our main guideline and no government can afford to deviate from it. Therefore, the people and authorities of Artsakh will never and in no way accept any status within Azerbaijan until our goal is achieved," Harutyunyan said. According to the president, not only in terms of status, but also in terms

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan issued a clarification on his December 24 online briefing on Facebook, confessing that he was puzzled by some of the comments. According to Pashinyan, when answering questions, he spoke in particular about the content of negotiations formed before he became prime minister in 2018, so he could not have had any influence in shaping them. The prime minister refuted Serzh Sargsyan's statement at the RPA convention that the content of the negotiations they left behind guaranteed that Nagorno-Karabakh was Armenian. "I denied this because the right of Azerbaijanis living in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic to participate in the decision on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh as residents of Nagorno-Karabakh was registered with this content of the negotiations. Consequently, if they are residents of Nagorno-Karabakh according to the content of the negotiations, they should have been residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, and before the 2018 revolution, the Arme