RA Foreign Ministry Spokesman Vahan Hunanyan commented on media questions.
The commentary says in particular:
“Prime Minister Pashinyan has repeatedly stated that the Republic of Armenia is ready to resume high-level talks on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairing mandate.
At the same time, based on the statement of January 11, 2021, Armenia is involved in trilateral (Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan) working discussions on unblocking the region's transport communications. Since May 2021, the withdrawal of units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces from the territory of the Republic of Armenia and the idea of a possible start of the process of demarcation and delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which has not been implemented so far, have been discussed in a trilateral format.
The other two co-chairing countries of the OSCE Minsk Group, the United States, France, as well as the European Union, have expressed readiness to provide advisory assistance on the delimitation and demarcation of borders and the opening of regional communications.
The Government of the Republic of Armenia announced about the above-mentioned agenda yet months ago and it will be consistent in its promotion, in the protection of the interests of the Republic of Armenia and Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), in establishing long-lasting peace and stability.
At the same time, I would like to emphasize that at the moment no meeting between the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of Azerbaijan is planned. There are proposals for different meetings in different formats, which are under discussion.
I would also like to emphasize that the rumors spread by some circles on this topic are obviously provocative and do not correspond to reality.
To get the situation right, I would recommend to study the news, allegations, "revelations" that preceded the January 11, 2021 Moscow trilateral meeting, to get acquainted with the results and content of the meeting, and retrospectively analyze how true the rumors were before the meeting,” Hunanyan said.
