The global community must recognise the right of the disputed Nagorny Karabakh region to determine its own future, Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian said Wednesday after four days of deadly clashes that unsettled the West.

"They want to determine their own fate and their own future," Sarkisian said of the region after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin.

"They expect only one thing from the international community, namely the recognition of this right."