Baku Opposed Artsakh Self-Determination Right with Force says Defense Minister

YEREVAN (Armenpress)””Armenian Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan on Monday said that Azerbaijan opposed the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Republic people’s right to self-determination with military force.

“In the period of the USSR collapse, the people of the Republic of Artsakh exercised their right to self-determination within the frameworks of legislation and international legal norms and was able to form an effective state administration system during years, a clear model of economic and democratic development,” Sargsyan said in his speech during the visit of the Valdai International Dialogue Club.

“Unfortunately, at that time Azerbaijan opposed the self-determination right of the Artsakh people with military force. And despite the significant difference in arsenal and demographics, the people of Artsakh were able to defense their rights, form an effective system of state administration. Today, Artsakh is advancing with its own model of economic development, it is developing democracy, and all of this is significantly different from what Azerbaijan has to offer,”