YEREVAN, MAY 17, ARMENPRESS. The four-day war was one of the most serious events over the last 22 years, the Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan said this while returning to Yerevan from Vienna. Referring to the question what the Armenian soldier and the Armenian people in general can wait since these days the speech of the President as the Commander in Chief of the country is very crucial, the President stated: “I think that these days our people did not feel my lack of speech. Yes, I did not directly apply to the people, but, I think that the time has not come yet for it. But I spoke with our people on different occasions. I spoke, perhaps answering to others’ questions. I think we do not have a right to artificially move forward the events”, “Armenpress” reports, the President said.

He says his words do not mean that the four-day war is something not special. Moreover, he says it is the most serious events over the recent 22 years in terms of the violations of the ceasefire agreement and military operations.  

“But still no one told me for 100% that this is the worst. I know the extent of our people’s patience, I know our people very well. If people will need me to apply directly to them, to ask or convince them, I will definitely do it. And our today’s meeting is a part of the dialogue with our people. I know with whom we will protect our country, I know with whom we will reach the establishment of the right to self-determination of the Nagorno Karabakh people”, the President noted.

Referring to the question what time schedules over the installation of monitoring mechanisms the talk is about, the President stated that according to the Co-Chairs the monitoring regime must be installed a day before.  

“I think that in a short period of time the abilities of the OSCE Personal Representative and the staff will increase. And as soon as it will be established, the better will it be, since the mutual accusations do not help the process, and there is a need of concrete evidence. In this regard I think that we will be in advantageous positions since it is obvious we never violate first since we do not need it”, the Armenian President stated.

On May 16 Sargsyan had meetings with High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Federica Mogherini, U.S Secretary of State John Kerry and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, with the participation of representatives of the Minsk Group co-chairing countries.

US Secretary of State John Kerry, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov, Secretary of State for European Affairs of France Harlem Desir, Armenian FM Nalbandian and Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov, Ambassadors Igor Popov (Russia), James Warlick (USA), Pierre Andrieu (France) and OSCE Personal Representative of the Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk participated in the Sargsyan-Aliyev meeting.