YEREVAN. – Armenia must clearly dеfine the status of Nagorno-Karabakh in any integration association, not to push it on the sly, Heritage MP said.

Ruben Hakobyan recalled he had voiced the same concerns when Armenia was considering Association Agreement with EU.

“Without an accurate indication about the status of Karabakh, we have no right to take specific steps,” the opposition MP added.

Commenting on the letter of Azerbaijan leader Ilham Aliyev delivered by his Kazakh counterpart Nursultan Nazarbayev, Ruben Hakobyan said: “No need to scold anyone for putting forward conditions. Our condition is the interests of Armenia and Karabakh, and we must protect them,” he said.

During the meeting of Supreme Eurasian Economic Council in Astana, Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke about the letter by President Ilham Aliyev calling to to accept Armenia only within its internationally recognized borders. Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated the need to sign all documents in the shortest possible time, in fact, ignoring the message of Aliyev's letter.