Karabakh’s participation in the negotiations is imperative, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Presidential Spokesperson Davit Babayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

He noted this reflecting on the latest announcement by Ambassador Igor Popov, Russian Co-Chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, with respect to the need for having Artsakh back at the negotiating table. 

As per Babayan,  the Minsk Group Co-Chairs are making such a statement the first time.

“With these statements, they stress yet again that it is impossible to solve the [Karabakh conflict] problem without Nagorno-Karabakh, and this is logical,” the NKR presidential press secretary said.

He added, however, that Karabakh’s participation in the peace talks needs to be comprehensive.

“We [i.e. the NKR] shall be engaged in the talks from beginning to end,” Davit Babayan added. “That is, to the exchange of views, working on documents, signing of the agreements of this nature, and their implementation.”

OSCE Minsk Group Russian Co-Chair Igor Popov had told Armenian News-NEWS.am that Nagorno-Karabakh must return to the negotiating table.