Will Of Karabakh People Cannot Be Ignored says CIS Leader

Konstantin Zatulin, Director of Institute of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

YEREVAN (Armenpress)””The will of the people of Karabakh cannot be ignored while settling Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Director of Institute of CIS countries Konstantin Zatulin told media outlet Noev Kovcheg.

“I have been involved in this issue since the 90s and I know that my opinion is not saluted in Azerbaijan. I am convinced in what I have seen and witnessed. The Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has of course succeeded as a state. It exists and has all the state attributes. The existence of its own army and security forces is not the only evidence of this, but that democratic procedures have been taking place in Nagorno-Karabakh during the entire armed confrontation; [I know this because] I have participated [in their elections] as an observer. People do not transfer power to their successors in Nagorno-Karabakh, but struggle for the right of national representation with democratic principles,”