We see that the international community does not show the perseverance needed, and it uses a very mild diplomatic language. Not offending the conflicting parties and working in uniform with everyone is a rule for the outside world.

The Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) Minister of Foreign Affairs, Karen Mirzoyan, told the aforesaid to Meduza online newspaper.

In the FM’s words, the Azerbaijani leadership perceives this as a carte blanche to continue its policy.

“[Azerbaijan President Ilham] Aliyev comes to Washington and meets with US Secretary of State John Kerry, declares his commitment to peace, but at the same time gives permission to start military actions, whereas they praise him for commitment to peace,” Mirzoyan said.

To the query as to what diplomatic solution there is, the NKR FM responded that Karabakh belongs to the Karabakh Armenians, who self determined in 1991.

“Karabakh’s fate is in the hands of its people who chose the path of an independent state, and we are not going to deviate from that path,” Karen Mirzoyan added. “I believe Azerbaijan will accept [this], if the international community shows a clear and correct position that it is impossible to return to the past, and also that the right of peoples to self-determination prevails over the principle of territorial integrity.”

The situation at the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone dramatically escalated in the early morning hours on April 2. From regular shootings and frequent sabotage-reconnaissance attempts, Azerbaijan switched to large-scale attacks all along the Karabakh-Azerbaijan Line of Contact, using a variety of weaponry as well as artillery, armored vehicles, and air force. Both sides have suffered casualties.