How the April War Was Stopped: Serzh Sargsyan Reveals Details

Such a viewpoint has no relation to reality. This was stated by Serzh Sargsyan while discussing whether the Armenian side had verbally agreed to cede 7 regions in exchange for stopping the April conflict.

“Where did you get that information? In reality, there was no such thing. The April conflict was stopped through Russia's mediation, which had been requested by Azerbaijan due to suffering a strong counterattack and incurring significant losses, forcing them to return to the negotiating table. We were expected to sign a new ceasefire agreement, to which we disagreed, stating 'no.' If we had other agreements, the third party—co-chair Russia—would have announced this. At least for the sake of not damaging its reputation. The Russian side could not be a witness to such conversations, such agreements, and not inform the USA or France about it. Just as the Russian Foreign Ministry announced what kind of document was on the table before spring 2018, it would also have announced an agreement if one had existed. If there was an agreement, how could the package version remain on the table until 2018?” he stated.