“This is a road to nowhere” – Vardanyan on Aliyev’s ultimatum.

My comment to BusinessFM regarding the statements of the President of Azerbaijan on 18 April. Ruben Vardanyan, the former State Minister of Artsakh, reports.

As the Azerbaijani leader said earlier, all residents of Nagorno-Karabakh will have to make a choice: either accept Azerbaijani citizenship or look for another place to live. Ex-State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, businessman and public figure Ruben Vardanyan reacted to Aliyev’s statements at the request of Business FM. Currently he is in Stepanakert.

“I thought that Mr. Aliyev had good advisers, but as you can see from these statements, they are completely useless. I would recommend him to fire them, because the more such rhetoric sounds, the more formidable it is and the tougher it is, the more likely it is that sooner or later Mr. Aliyev will be forced to appear before the Hague Court, an international tribunal.

Because I have a poor idea of ​​how the Azerbaijani state will be able to evict 120,000 Armenians from their homeland. Either way, it would be a crime against humanity. The more pressure is put on the people of Artsakh, the stronger they unite and stand next to each other.

In this sense, it seems to me, the road to nowhere. I have said and will say that the only way is the way of normal negotiations, where Azerbaijan must recognize the other side, namely the Artsakh state, Artsakh elected leaders. And on the international platform with international representatives, there should be normal negotiations with the understanding that otherwise this is a road to nowhere.”