‘There Needs to Be a Discussion of the Return of the Territories Surrounding Nagorno-Karabagh, but There also Needs to Be an Honest, Frank Discussion of the Status of Nagorno-Karabagh’
YEREVAN (A.W.)— United States co-chair of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group Ambassador James Warlick, said that he believes that all elements of a comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabagh (Artsakh/NKR) conflict need to be a part of the ongoing discussion, during a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Yerevan on Oct. 25.
“There needs to be a discussion of the return of the territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabagh, but there also needs to be an honest, frank discussion of the status of Nagorno-Karabagh. And there are other issues here as well. We need to talk about the return of refugees and internally displaced persons; we should talk honestly about what an international peacekeeping force would look like and what its mandate should be; discussion of the corridor. These all make up the elements of a comprehensive settlement,” Warlick said at the press conference.
Warlick was in Yerevan on Oct. 25 along with his Russian and French Minsk Group counterparts for meetings with the Armenian authorities after traveling to Baku and Stepanakert.
During his time in Baku, Warlick welcomed Azerbaijani President llham Aliyev’s statement which ruled out a status for Nagorno-Karabagh higher than an autonomous republic within Azerbaijan, reported RFE/RL’s Armenian service azatutyun.am.
“Azerbaijan’s leadership had better stop engaging in self-deception and misleading the Azerbaijani society,” Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman Tigran Balayan said in written comments to azatutyun.am on October 18, following aAliyev’s statement. “The Azerbaijani leader already publicly acknowledged a week ago the real content of [Karabagh peace] negotiations when he said that Baku is being urged to recognize Nagorno-Karabagh’s independence.”
“President Aliyev opened up a discussion on the issue of status for Nagorno-Karabagh. This is something that we should all welcome—we should have a frank discussion about the status of Nagorno-Karabagh. Positions may not line up between the parties, but it’s important to put these issues on the table and in public—For consideration by the people of Armenia and Azerbaijan, and by the population in Nagorno-Karabagh itself,” Warlick added during his Yerevan press conference.
What about the hundreds of thousands of fleeing Armenians who left Azerbaijan with NOTHING? How are those refugees being compensated for Mr. Warlick? He makes the whole issue the “return of territories and refugees” You mean ancient Armenian territories and refugees of invading Tatar Turks? I say give nothing back. Let Azerbaijan and its king stew in it own collapsing economy..
This James Warlick character, as usual, never misses an opportunity to make an even bigger imbecile out of himself. It was already disgusting enough when he made that ridiculous statement in regard to “the Armenian-controlled territories must be returned back to Azerbaijan.” However, on top of that, Warlick also welcomed Hyena Aliyev’s statement which “ruled out a status for Nagorno-Karabagh higher than an autonomous republic within Azerbaijan.” Now that’s really disgusting! As for the Russian and French OSCE representatives, they never ever disagree with James Warlick. As a result of all this, Azerbaijan is becoming more and more confident in its campaign of terrorism against Armenia and Artsakh, knowing full well that it will not be punished for its terrorist acts.