YEREVAN. – The attempts to turn the Karabakh conflict into an indefinite large-scale Armenian-Azerbaijani enmity are not in the interests of either the Armenian or the Azerbaijani people. Armenia’ Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this Friday during the joint meeting of the Security Councils of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), in Yerevan

"The European Court of Human Rights verdict on the case of [Azerbaijani army officer] Ramil Safarov [who had brutally killed Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan] clearly recorded and condemned the encouragement of the hate crimes being committed in Azerbaijan against Armenians. This verdict should define clear red lines for Azerbaijan, showing that not only Armenia and the Armenian people, but also the international community is standing beyond those red lines.

Throughout its history—that is, in the last 100 years, Azerbaijan has been subjected to two major trials: in April 1920, when Azerbaijan lost the statehood it had acquired two years ago, and in June 1993, when Azerbaijan had re-approached the verge of losing statehood gained two years ago.

These two trials for the statehood of Azerbaijan were conditioned by the war unleashed against Artsakh in both 1920 and 1991. It is clear that both in 1920 and in the early 1990s, Azerbaijan had overestimated its capabilities and underestimated the devastating effects of the war.

In 1920, the loss of Azerbaijan's statehood gave nothing for us, Armenians. And more importantly, in 1994 we—Armenia and Artsakh, were able to establish a ceasefire together with Azerbaijan, and put an end to the war and stabilize the situation in the region," Pashinyan added, in particular.