The process of settlement of the Karabakh issue is not over. Artak Zakaryan, a member of the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) and ex-deputy defense minister of the country, told this to a press conference Tuesday.

According to him, the 44-day war in the fall of 2020 has not put an end to this issue, and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) will never be part of Azerbaijan.

"Even today, it seems, being in a hopeless situation, we have a chance and an opportunity to find a way out. But the current [Armenian] authorities consisting of capitulators either simply do not see or do not want to see those ways [out]. Although it is quite possible, they are so weak and scared that they are afraid to see those opportunities," said Zakaryan.

According to the Armenian opposition member, the incumbent authorities are afraid to reflect on the aggressive policy of Azerbaijan, to raise the issue of the Azerbaijani occupation of Armenian territories, and they are even afraid to celebrate the Armenian National Army Day.

"Their representatives must come understand that sooner or later they will bear full accountability for all the failures that have been allowed. The sooner they realize their accountability and relinquish power, the easier it will be to bring the country out of the crisis—restoring Armenia's sovereign role in regional processes," the RPA representative said.