Another protocol of intent similar to the Mayendorf declaration may be signed during the Armenian-Azerbaijani-Russian presidential meeting likely to be held in Moscow, Chairman of the Democratic Party of Armenia (DPA) Aram Sargsyan told a press conference.

However, he said, the document will not contain fundamental principles of settling the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. “The fundamental principles can hardly be signed in only a Russian representative’s presence,” Sargsyan said.

Speaking of the settlement process, the DPA leader pointed out that Armenia should be bolder. “If they say to us ‘give our lands back’, we, for our part, must raise a similar issue and demand Nakhchevan. If they speak of the necessity for return of refugees, we, I turn, must raise the problem of our 400,000 refugees. When they speak of occupation, we must remind them that Nakhchevan was only placed under Baku’s patronage,” Sargsyan said.

Speaking of Nagorno-Karabakh’s involvement in the negotiations, A. Sargsyan pointed out that Nagorno-Karabakh was to be negotiator from the very beginning. He does not rule out that, giving consent to Nagorno-Karabakh’s return to the negotiating table, Yerevan is employing a strategy of rejecting a settlement scheme by claiming Nagorno-Karabakh to be against it.

T.P.