YEREVAN, JULY 9, NOYAN TAPAN. "I will live in Armenia until the world recognizes the Nagorno Karabakh Republic independence," Bulgarian journalist Tsvetana Paskaleva stated at the July 9 press conference. She reminded that visiting Artsakh for the purpose of covering the Nagorno Karabakh war, she settled in Armenia and has been living there for already 18 years. T. Paskaleva told that late Catholicos Vazgen I invited her for a talk during the war and said that the journalist had arrived on a "special mission" and will never leave the Armenian land. According to the journalist, these words of Catholicos in fact were fulfilled. T. Paskaleva said that if the Nagorno Karabakh problem should be solved to the detriment of the Artsakh people, it is better to keep the current NKR status quo. According to the journalist's affirmation, the Armenian side could have solved the problem as far back as in 1994, immediately after signing the truce, when Armenia was strong and Azerbaijan weak. At present, according to T. Paskaleva, rearrangement of forces has happened and Azerbaijan has gained new friends and supporters. Though the propaganda of Azeris is based on falsehood, according to her, it has always been well-organized. While the Armenian side thinks that the world should spontaneously admit the Armenian people's being right. T. Paskaleva emphasized that the Armenians should constantly explain to the international community who is right and who is wrong.

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