We Have Given Up Territory Four Times: Vitaly Balasanyan

The people of Artsakh and the entire Armenian nation are not prepared to make any territorial concessions in exchange for something. We have made those concessions in the past. This was stated today by Vitaly Balasanyan, the Secretary of the Security Council of Artsakh, during a press briefing.

“The people of Artsakh and the entire Armenian nation are not prepared to make any territorial concessions in exchange for something. We have made such concessions in the past. We made concessions in 1988, in 1991 when Artsakh proclaimed independence instead of joining Armenia. Between 1991 and 1994, we made concessions when the situation in Azerbaijan was dire, and we upheld the four resolutions of the UN, while they were amassing troops during this time. We conceded on May 12, 1994. We have given up territory to Azerbaijan four times,” stated Vitaly Balasanyan.