“I would designate all the statements made by Serzh Sargsyan and Bako Sahakyan in Moscow as self-complacency,” Hasim Mollazade, member of the Milli Majlis of Azerbajan, told 1news.az. “Thus they are comforting their citizens and all the Armenians – they not only remain committed to their positions, but are also consolidating them,” Mollazade said, commenting on the Armenian leader’s statement that the Armenian side intends to strengthen its positions in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to him, the Armenian side’s actions will eventually frustrate the Armenian-Turkish rapprochement and the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process.

“Now all the responsibility for further developments rests with Armenia. So if that country continues in the same spirit, I do not think the processes will be success,” Mollazade said.

Speaking at a fund-raising dinner at the Ararat Part Hyatt hotel in Moscow attended by about 80 Russia-based Armenian businessmen, RA President Serzh Sargsyan stated: “No war in our region has ever caused damage to our fortress [Shushi]. Suffice it to say that, over the last 200 years, Shushi has passed from hand to hand at least fifteen times, which makes it much dearer to us.”