Azerbaijan’s perceptions regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks are very distant from modern ideas.

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, who is on a working visit to the US, on Wednesday noted about the abovementioned during his lecture delivered at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

“I’m confident they teach you here that at least a mutual concession is necessary for a positive outcome in any talks,” Sargsyan noted, in particular. “[But] Azerbaijan considers not resuming hostilities a mutual concession on its part, in the case when the maintenance of peace is not a mutual concession, but a commitment, an international commitment.”

The President said, however, it is very normal that many may question the approach by the Armenian party to this conflict, since Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh are interested parties.

“I’m not saying blindly believe in my words,” Serzh Sargsyan added. “Explore and see who preaches war, who provokes border tension, [and] who preaches hatred (…). Why do I stress this? Suppose tomorrow the [Armenian and Azerbaijani] authorities reached an agreement. How will the societies who hate each other reconcile?”