YEREVAN. - The statement made by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Friday violates all the international norms, which at the same time proves that the Azerbaijani society is under stress.

Head of the parliamentary faction of the Republican Party of Armenia (RPA), Vahram Baghdasaryan, told the aforementioned to Armenian News – NEWS.am, referring to Aliyev’s statement on that the Karabakh issue is the internal matter of Azerbaijan, and that the events, which taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh and all the “occupied” lands are also their internal matter.

“The international community is very well aware that the OSCE Minsk Group is authorized to deal with the Karabakh issue, as well as conduct monitoring on the line of contact beyween the Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces. By his statement Aliyev ignored the activity of the OSCE Minsk Group, thereby once again proving that it is exactly the Azerbaijani side, who is the aggressor,” Baghdasaryan said.

In Baghdasaryan’s words, the international community and the OSCE Minsk Group will give a relevant assessment to Aliyev’s statements. “ Baku won’t go far with such conduct, since the settlement of the Karabakh issue has long become the matter of international community.”

Referring to Aliyev’s statement that “the forces which approach the situation from a more pragmatic standpoint (the statement of former Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosyan), openly state that if the relations with Azerbaijan are not normalized, Armenia will have no future,” Baghdasaryan said that Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s opinion is not that of the Armenian community, but his personal one.  

“We have repeatedly stated that it is needless to speak about any other issues but the self-determination of Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev’s statements prove that  it is exactly the Azerbaijani society which is under stress, since they know the stance of Armenia and Armenian society on the Karabakh issue.”