Please Please Guys. Just tell this "So lets stick to telling Azerbaijan that Karabagh will never be part of the Azerbaijan Republic as Abkhazia will never be part of Georgia." officially and recognize independence of NKR.!

Well said "Anonymous." As a Kurd, I have seen how Turks behave. 60 years living side by side next to these Genocidal Turks, thought me one thing: That we should never trust the Turk, ever. Armenia will be committing a grave and monumental mistake if it: 1. Allows the return of the turks 2. Returns 1 inch of Armenian territory. Recently, Turks have been acting happy and ecstatic. They are happy because they will get back Artsakh..and thus they already are telling us that they will "teach the Armenians a lesson that they will never forget." Which means a second Genocide against the Armenians. If Armenia and Armenians stay complacent, they will lose Armenia forever. You all must be united against all conspiracies being hatched right at this moment to destroy Armenia. I hope Armenians are awake and watching the Genocidal Turks every movement. Your Kurdish friend.. Ferhat

While I view America's opinion as valid, I do want to urge the 'powers' of the west to refrain from making such statement as they can often be counterproductive. True, Azerbaijan is arming its military at a rate which Armenia simply can't match, and yes, there is a big stalemate over the NKR settlement resolution. However, I would like to point out that thus far Armenia has been the one adhering to most of the demand. If we were to look at both the Turkish-Armenian protocols and the Madrid chord, both documents are immensely favorable towards the non-Armenian sides. Yet Armenia is constantly proving that it is willing to cooperate. As for the actual settlement, personally it is irresponsible of the western powers to constantly take sides of the favorable "more powerful" party at hand rather than the simply looking at the factual data of the region pre-datign the Soviet times. Karabagh was given over to Azerbaijan to ensure stability in the region and destabilize the Armenian core dominating the entire Caucasus region. Fast forward to 1992, Armenians of Karabagh are fed-up with the injustices committed to them by the Majority of Azerbaijan. Simply put there was a referendum once before and the people have spoken. Why not overturn the referendum of Kosovo and argue for the case of Serbia's territorial integrity. Must we really need to have another Armenian Genocide this time by the Azeris to let the western powers see that these two nationalities simply will not live with one another. To go back to the statement by the US senior diplomat, I simply do not think it is a good idea to speculate a conflict especially when one side (Azerbaijan) is itching to do so. I also don't think that a resumption of a conflict is possible simply because the two non-Western powers in the region do not want to see a disruption in the flow of natural resources. Which is exactly what would happen if a war was to break out. Suddenly Johny in Nebraska is paying $5 per gallon of gas, because some third world countries are fighting and blowing up pipelines. So lets stick to telling Azerbaijan that Karabagh will never be part of the Azerbaijan Republic as Abkhazia will never be part of Georgia. Simply because of the human condition in those land. People do not want to be governed by despots and oppressors. isn't this why United states came to be in the first place?