DILIJAN. - The position of the international community on Nagorno-Karabakh is apparent.

President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said the aforementioned at the meeting with demobilized servicemen in Dilijan on Friday.

According to him, nobody has a right to force Artsakh people to live according to their conditions.

“Those who live there should decide their status on their own. Nobody has the right to force them to live according to their conditions—neither Azerbaijan, nor Armenia and not even others. I am not saying that the will of the Armenian people should be ignored. Not at all, since without Armenia and our entire people, those living in Karabakh can never resolve that issue. But this doesn’t mean that we must decide instead of them. We must support them so that their will is fulfilled. I am sure that one day the Nagonro-Karabakh issue will be resolved exactly this way,” Sargsyan said.

Referring to the negotiation process, Sargsyan noted that there have been different approaches and proposals on the settlement process but never have the Armenians been so close to the goal mentioned by him than now. The positions of the international community have never been so precise either, he added.

“Currently the stance of the international community is apparent: the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh must be decided by its residents. But the thing is that we are dealing with a side, whose aim is to displace the Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh. They were able to do this in Nakhchivan and other Armenian-settled areas, this being their goal. Therefore, there is no confidence here. And if there is no confidence, we must be able to enshrine many details, which will not enable them to stop halfway,” the President noted.

Furthermore, the he stressed that Point 1 of Madrid Principles also enshrines that the status of Nagorno-Karabakh shall be decided by its residents.