Despite the world leading mass media’s reports that at their meeting in Munich the Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents discussed a framework agreement on the withdrawal of Armenian troops from the territories controlled by the Armenian side in exchange for a referendum on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, Eduard Sharmazanov, Secretary of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), told NEWS.am. Nevertheless, he expressed the confidence that the two Presidents discussed the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

To substantiate his confidence, he referred to the First Russian TV Channel. Mass media reports on the determination of a status by means of referendum are evidence of their admitting the principle of nations’ self-determination, Sharmazanov said. He stressed that after the problem has been resolved, others can be discussed, as a comprehensive agreements is needed to rule out the resumption of the conflict. In this context, Sharmazanov pointed out that the Azerbaijani President’s bellicose statements are the result “nervous tics” and affect the country’s international reputation. He reminded the “war-monger Azerbaijan” of the end of the war unleashed against Nagorno-Karabakh in 1990s.

Giro Manoyan, Head of the Hay Dat (Armenian Cause) office, stated that Aliyev’s recent statements cannot be regarded as “usual.” Rather, they are open threats. Manoyan believes that it is high time for the Armenian side to give an adequate response to the Azeri leader’s statements. “I would be happy if, during the first two hours of the four-hour-long talk, the Armenian President had raised the issue of advisability of further negotiations in the context of the Azeri President’s bellicose statements on the threshold of the meeting,” he said.

Commenting on the reports on a framework agreement allegedly discussed at the Munich meeting, Larisa Alaverdyan, member of the Heritage Party, stressed that the “Armenian diplomatic thought stalemated the Karabakh problem long ago, and now they have to lie on the bed made by themselves.” “The very discussion of a document on the return of the territories under the Armenian side’s control to Azerbaijan in exchange for a referendum on Nagorno-Karabakh’s status is the result of the Yerevan-stated readiness for a compromise. And now Yerevan is making vain attempts to disown it, and we get framework agreements like this while the Armenian side is holding all the aces,” Alaverdyan said.