Russia intends to do its utmost for the successful outcome of the Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at talks with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Friday.
"We will strive to do everything possible to ensure that the upcoming events today be useful and achieve concrete results," Lavrov said.
He recalled that the main issue on the agenda was the normalization of ties between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
"The role of trilateral statements and agreements signed by the leaders of the three countries should be decisive in finding a solution to all problems," he pointed out. "This concerns a peace treaty, the unblocking of communications and the delimitation and demarcation of borders."
Lavrov stressed that progress in all these areas was a key condition for achieving a lasting peace in the South Caucasus.
"Russia plays a historic role in this region and has the most serious interests. I am convinced that our allies are aware of this," he concluded.
"Armenia remains loyal to the tripartite statements and aims to establish peace in the region," RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said in a conversation with Sergey Lavrov.
"Unfortunately, the situation on the ground is slightly different, along with the negotiations, there are regular escalations by Azerbaijan, invasion of the sovereign territory of Armenia, violations of the tripartite declaration of November 9. The last of these is the establishment of a checkpoint in the Lachine Corridor, which should remain under the control of the Russian Federation. "Unfortunately, we cannot state that today the Lachin Corridor is under the control of the Russian Federation," said Mirzoyan.
After the bilateral meetings, the tripartite meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan started in Moscow.
