"Azerbaijan must realize that the problem cannot be resolved other than by peaceful means. The military option is ruled out. Azerbaijan will not be able to intimidate the Armenian side or force it to change its position," Vardan Oskanyan said in an interview with the Armenian TV company Shant.

He said Azerbaijan was not ready for war.

"If the Azerbaijani side is not ready or will not risk resolving the problem through simple compromise, it will never risk using force," the minister said.

Earlier, Oskanyan reiterated Armenia's position that Nagorno Karabakh's right to self-determination was crucial for a peace settlement, RIA Novosti reports.