YEREVAN. – Azerbaijani Presidential Staff Social and Political Affairs Department Chief Ali Hasanov had stated that Azerbaijan will increase pressure upon all co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, including the US, with respect to settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) conflict.   

Armenia’s National Assembly Deputy Speaker, and ruling Republican Party Spokesperson, Eduard Sharmazanov reacted to this statement by the aforementioned Azerbaijani official.   

“This statement yet again demonstrates the Azerbaijani leadership’s increasingly brazen demeanor. The authoritarian rulers of the country to the east of Artsakh have fallen so much dizzy from Baku’s petrodollars that they reserve themselves the right to present ultimatums to the OSCE Minsk Group’s co-chairing countries,” Sharmazanov said.