The settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is possible provided that areas surrounding the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast are liberated, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told Sputnik.
“A reasonable compromise is possible — ensuring security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, their livelihoods, local government, the implementation of various investment projects on the part of Azerbaijan and peaceful interaction between the two nations on the condition of liberation of territories outside Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous region, this is how wee see the settlement of the conflict," President Aliyev said.
According to the president, there can be no compromise on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, as Baku would never agree to Nagorno-Karabakh’s independence.
"But there can be compromise on the issues of local self-government. In the future, if we manage to agree, it [Karabakh] may become an autonomous republic," he added.
President Aliyev hints at possibility of autonomous republic in Nagorno-Karabakh
18 October 2016
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