Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenian and Azerbaijani officials respond to ceasefire

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Euronews spoke to two high-level representatives on both sides for their perspectives on the causes and consequences of the recent fighting.

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00:00 Tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia have been simmering long before this latest violent

00:06 eruption.

00:07 Yerenu spoke to two high-level representatives on both sides for their perspectives on the

00:12 causes and consequences of the recent fighting.

00:19 What did Azerbaijan, they left all these commitments and they started military aggression against

00:27 the peaceful people of Nagorno-Karabakh, which they claim that they are their own citizens.

00:33 So right now, Azerbaijan bombing and killing their own citizens.

00:39 It was a limited operation as a result of which military infrastructure has been neutralized

00:43 to a greater extent.

00:45 And today, we are glad to say that military operations have been halted from Azerbaijan

00:51 side as well, while getting this message from Karabakh Armenians that they are disarming

00:58 their armed forces on the ground.

01:04 Azerbaijan made its intention very clear that if they disarm or decided to disarm, and Azerbaijan

01:10 is ready to halt this military engagement and to start immediate contacts with the Karabakh

01:17 Armenians that we have on multiple occasions invited to Yevlakh and some other cities of

01:22 Azerbaijan.

01:23 And yesterday, presidential administration of Azerbaijan made a twice statement, once

01:27 again reiterating and our invitation to them to have this kind of context about all elements

01:33 of reintegration.

01:34 Well, we had a very bad experience regarding having ceasefire with Azerbaijan.

01:41 I have no information because we have very bad connections with Nagorno-Karabakh.

01:47 There are different informations coming.

01:49 Now this is a new thing.

01:52 Maybe it's not new thing actually, but in this process, I mean, directly attacking villages

01:57 and the peaceful settlements of people, you know, to push them out from Nagorno-Karabakh.

02:09 During the draft, during the negotiations, we were negotiating rights and security guarantees

02:16 for Nagorno-Karabakh people.

02:18 What do you think?

02:19 Is this still actual topic?

02:22 Nagorno-Karabakh people are already lost their homes.

02:25 They are forced out.

02:27 What do you think?

02:28 Is this provision is actual now?

02:30 I don't know.

02:31 That's why I'm telling you.

02:32 I don't know what will happen.

02:34 We are supporting the peace agenda and we do think that sooner finalizing peace treaty

02:39 between two countries is better for the wider region.

02:42 Azerbaijan also supports the concept of the integrated region of those Caucasus.

02:47 And within that process, of course, in the court of Armenia, instead of searching and

02:51 seeking the territorial claims to the neighboring countries, Armenia should also seek a good

02:56 naval relation with neighboring countries.

02:58 [WHOOSH]

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