When asked about the updated Madrid Principles and the call for the return of territories, NKR Defense Minister Movses Hakobyan responded by saying that while the ministry isn't engaged in political affairs he viewed them more as proposals and not as a document to be signed. DM Hakobyan told reporters today that there could be no talk of concessions given that Karabakh is not a party to the negotiations process. "Everyone understands that without the expressed will of the NKR people it will be impossible to resolve the conflict," he noted. The minister also commented on the recent incident involving two Armenian soldiers winding up in Azerbaijani territory by saying that contrary to Azeri reports that the two voluntarily handed themselves over to Azeri forces, the two new conscripts tried to go AWOL and wandered across the border by mistake. DM Hakobyan said that efforts were being made to have the two returned to the Armenian side.