News - President: We are all guilty of Karabakh issue, especially politicians living in Armenia, one of whom is me

We did not look realistically at the situation we were living in after the end of the [19]90s. President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan stated this while reflecting on the Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) at his meeting with representatives of the Armenian community and organizations in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. "We [i.e. Armenians] failed to realize the potential we had, as a result of which we would have had the opportunity to have what we dreamed of. We lost that opportunity. I never give an assessment. We are all guilty, especially us citizens living in Armenia and especially the politicians living in Armenia, of which I am one of the representatives. We could not realistically assess the situation in which we live, and based on that situation, try to find a solution with our neighbors that should have been dignified for both Artsakh and our compatriots living in Artsakh. We have always given assessments based on our own interests; we wanted it that way, we didn't want to deal with the interests of the other side. But it doesn't happen that way; it's like a two-way street," said the president of Armenia.