YEREVAN, MARCH 13. ARMINFO. Armenia will not cede Azerbaijan any territory even under the threat of a new war. Armenia will consider the question of territories and security of refugees only when Azerbaijan has recognized the right of the people of Karabakh for self-determination, said in an interview to the on-line version of ‘Azg’ newspaper Vardan Oskanian, the Foreign Minister of Armenia.
‘Karabakh is Armenian land. For thousands of years only Armenians have lived there and preserved their sovereignty. One thing cannot be doubted: Karabakh has never been a part of Azerbaijan and will never be. The Armenians have no territorial claims beyond their historical rights,’ said the Minister and added that Azerbaijan has no right for Karabakh, as it lost that land in 1990’s and was trying to ravage it by military force. ‘If the Armenian did not fight, there would be no Karabakh today,’ he said.
Mr. Oskanian said that the authorities of Armenia will consider the possibility of rendering aid to Azeri refugees from Armenia only when Azerbaijan will be ready to pay compensations to those 350-400 thousand Armenians expelled from the territory of Azerbaijan.
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