Only solution is for Artsakh to remain outside Azerbaijan: Armenia

Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev held a summit on Monday, October 16 in Geneva, Switzerland, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs said in a statement. The meeting took place in a constructive atmosphere. The presidents agreed to take measures to intensify the negotiation process and to take additional steps to reduce tensions on the line of contact.

The same day, meeting the Swiss-Armenian community members the president presented the results of discussions.

“No concrete agreement has been reached, but we did agree to take necessary steps to reduce tensions on the contact line to avoid casualties,” Sargsyan said.

“I must say both Azerbaijan’s president and I are deeply interested to achieve this goal.”

“He, too, understands the complexity of the issue as there is no easy way out. But I want you all to be sure that no option will ever undermine Karabakh’s security. The only possible solution is for Karabakh to remain outside Azerbaijan,” the president added.