The President delivered remarks during the discussion relating to regional conflicts, stating that he wants to share his views just as a participant of the discussion and is not going to make an official statement about the situation in Armenia, the relations with Turkey, Azerbaijan, as well as the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, although the discussions are being held in Minsk, and the OSCE Group, dealing with the peaceful negotiation process for the settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, is called Minsk Group. “I hope one day we will achieve a peaceful settlement by the help of this Group”, the Armenian President said.
Commenting on the opinions voiced and in particular the issue of stability as mentioned by President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President Armen Sarkissian said if there is no stability, one cannot predict what will happen tomorrow. One of the topics discussed related to the bipolar, unipolar and multipolar world. “This speaks about the fact that we are entering into a period where many voices, rather than one or two, will be decisive”, he said and also commented on the view of MSC chairman Wolfgang Ischinger what are the roles of small states in cooperation, partnership and competitiveness processes, whether the small states are deprived from the right to voice, or in any case they can contribute to ensuring security. “In order to answer this question, I want to state that today the world is rapidly changing”, Sarkissian said. “The world is changing so rapidly that the ongoing technological changes will drastically become one of the challenges, and we need to understand what behavior we need to show in this field. I think the predictability will be the main one here”.
According to the Armenian President, the voices of all must be heard in the new world. “In the 21st century, when we face numerous dangers and risks, the small, even frozen conflicts, can become source of major problems. They can turn into regional conflicts and even go beyond the boundaries of regions. We witness this today for instance in Donbass.
We must be careful while talking about small, frozen conflicts. They may become very dangerous. This also relates to the conflict, my country met with: the talk is about the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Unfortunately, what is taking place in the region, can be characterized as a high level of tension.
I think 20 years ago we could more rely on stability. I want to call on all participants, representatives of big states to stop the militarization of small conflicts, including the Nagorno Karabakh conflict...
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