If the Armenian side maintains vigilance and readiness at a high level, the Azerbaijanis will speak about peace talks not only in June, but in the other months, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR/Artsakh) National Assembly Deputy Speaker Vahram Balayan told Armenian News-NEWS.am.

In his words, much has been done in the last 1.5 months to enhance the combat-readiness of the Armenian army.

“It seems to me that the adversary can be restrained solely in case of maintaining such a pace,” stressed Balayan. “Our combat-readiness must reach a level that the adversary will not able to function. Subsequently, we can record successes also in the domain of diplomacy.”

The Artsakh parliament vice chairman noted that the Armenians’ success at the battlefield needs to move to the arena of diplomacy.

“Sadly, we did not do this after the triumphant war from 1991 to [19]94,” added Vahram Balayan. “These two domains are interrelated, and such activities will make the Azerbaijani side sit at the negotiating table.”

The Armenian-Azerbaijani talks are expected to resume in June.