The Foreign Ministry of Nagorno-Karabakh issued a statement on Wednesday calling for ‘resetting’ the current negotiating process that it describes as ‘distorted’.
Karabakh leader Bako Sahakian has spoken firmly of his unrecognized republic’s determination to remain independent amid continuing peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan that international mediators have said may provide a breakthrough soon. He also said Karabakh wants to return to the negotiating table as a full party.
An Azerbaijani delegation led by a prominent diplomat and public figure paid a rare visit to Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia on Friday as part of a Russian-backed initiative to rebuild bridges between the two estranged peoples.
Nagorno-Karabakh’s top military official signaled on Monday his opposition to the return of any of the districts in Azerbaijan proper that were occupied by Armenian forces during the 1991-1994 war.
