YEREVAN. – Armenia has been and it remains the guarantor of the security and independence of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Armenian National Assembly (NA) Vice-Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov, who is also Press Secretary of the ruling Republican Party (RPA), stated the above-said at the parliament on Tuesday.

He noted this while commenting on the NA draft decision introduced by opposition Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan, and “On the Aspects of the Politico-Military Fundamentals for Ensuring the Security of the Republics of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) and Armenia.” To note, one of the points in this draft decision demands that the National Assembly formally recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

Sharmazanov stated that a unilateral recognition will hinder the Karabakh negotiation process. On the other hand, in his words, the Armenian authorities have repeatedly announced at high-level platforms that Armenia is the guarantor of the security of the NKR.  

“We have done a lot of work so that our colleagues understand that the international recognition of Nagorno-Karabakh has no alternative.

“The [recent] Scottish referendum has proved that the precept of the people’s self-determination is indisputable,” the RPA spokesperson noted.