YEREVAN. – The second president of Karabakh Arkady Ghukasyan stated that it is simply absurd to speak about concessions in a present situation, he said in an interview with Armenian News-NEWS.am.

“What concessions are we talking about if Azerbaijan is thinking over the next military operation?” he wonders.

Ghukasyan said that there can be no unilateral concessions.

“Our concessions depend on the behavior and concessions on the part of Azerbaijan,” he added.

Asked about the reasons for Azerbaijan’s large-scale actions on the line of contact a month ago, the former head of Karabakh answered that it is obvious that Azerbaijan tried to seize a village, a city, to achieve military success, but they did not manage it. He also added that he is confident that we can always give an adequate response to any military action of Azerbaijan.

As for the prospects of resumption of negotiations, Ghukasyan agreed that negotiations are always necessary, and Karabakh has to act as a party.