Armenian President urges international community to stop  militarization of Karabakh conflict

ArmInfo. Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan in Minsk participated in the discussions of the Core Group of the Munich Security Conference on arms control and  confidence building, as well as regional conflicts.

As reported to ArmInfo in the press service of the RA President,  Armen Sargsyan spoke at the discussions of regional conflicts, noting  that he wants to share his remarks as a participant in the event and  does not intend to make official statements on the situation in  Armenia, relations with Turkey and Azerbaijan, exclusively peaceful  settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the framework of  the OSCE Minsk Group.

Touching upon voiced opinions, in particular, statements by the  President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko regarding stability, the  President of Armenia stated that if there is no stability, then it is  impossible to predict what will happen tomorrow.

Speaking of a multipolar, bipolar, and unipolar world, the president  said in particular: "This indicates that we are entering a period  when not one or two votes are decisive, but many votes."

Referring to the role of small states in ensuring security, Sargsyan  stated that the world is changing rapidly, and in this fleeting world  technological changes are smoothly becoming one of the challenges,  and it is necessary to understand what behavior will be manifested on  our part in this area. In his opinion, the main thing in this issue  will be predictability. Sargsyan expressed the conviction that in the  new world, the voices of all should be heard, since even the smallest  conflict can become a source of serious problems, develop into a  regional one, and then go beyond the region. As an example, he cited  the Donbass.

"We must be careful in dealing with small, frozen conflicts, as they  can become dangerous, this also applies to the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict. Unfortunately, what happens in the region can be described  as a high level of tension. I think that 20 years ago, we could hope  for more stability. I would like to urge all the participants,  representatives of large states, to stop the militarization of small  conflicts, including the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. This is a small  territory, but as a result of conflict, Armenia and Azerbaijan are  increasing their weapons. Of course, these are not nuclear weapons,  but they complicate the situation, because today technologies are  developing day by day, and today weapons are becoming more and more  dangerous, "the Armenian President said.

Touching on the time factor in the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh  conflict, Sargsyan stated: "We are aware that time is a relative  concept. If it works for peace, then we can wait, if it works for  war, it is too short. I'm deeply concerned the militarization policy  on the part of Azerbaijan and how much money is spent on it. All this  indicates the accumulation of serious military potential. If you pay  attention to this, you will see that time does not work for the  world. th reaction? Yes! We must not only talk, but to act in the  world. " He also stated that soon elections will be held in Armenia,  as a result of which a legal government and parliament will be  formed, there will be people who can sit at the negotiating table  with Azerbaijan.  Sarkisyan expressed the conviction that in reality  everything depends on the will of the people.  Appealing to the  people of the Republic of Artsakh, the President of Armenia thanked  once again the OSCE for the efforts that the organization makes to  resolve the problem. "There is only one way to resolve the conflict -  peaceful, there is no military way. If hostilities resume, then  everyone will suffer, and the people living in Artsakh, Azerbaijan,  Armenia and the whole world. In other words, there is only one way to  a peaceful settlement through the OSCE Minsk Group, "Sarkisyan  concluded.