Foreign Minister: We did not receive a mandate from the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to negotiate their future

“We have not received a mandate from the people of Nagorno-Karabakh to negotiate their future, and we do not claim to determine their status”, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said this responding to opposition MP Artur Khachatryan’s question at today’s discussion on the performance of the 2022 state budget at the National Assembly.

“The only thing we are trying to ensure in the Armenia-Azerbaijan settlement process is the following: we consider that this settlement cannot be realistic, complete, long-lasting and stable, if a platform, a dialogue mechanism is not established within the framework of this settlement, where the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and official Baku can dialogue, discuss, negotiate on all the issues that are of interest and important for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and their future,” he said.

Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized that they are not negotiating on status or anything else and have no such ambition.