Armenia doesn’t distinguish between the mediator platforms in the talks with Azerbaijan, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has said.
Asked to point out the most effective platform for the talks, Mirzoyan said that the platform itself isn’t what matters, but rather the implementation of agreements.
“Actually, Armenia is interested to have any unbiased, objective and neutral mediation,” Mirzoyan said at a joint press conference with Belgium’s FM Hadja Lahbib.
“And we highly appreciate all efforts that are being made. Numerous important meetings take place in Brussels, I myself met with my Azerbaijani colleague in Washington at the mediation of Secretary of State Blinken. We have meetings also in Moscow, and elsewhere. Meetings take place both on the levels of leaders and foreign ministers. Just recently I participated in such meetings in both Washington and Moscow. We don’t distinguish between the platforms, what matters for us is for the agreements reached at the platforms to function and get implemented,” he said.
“For example, we still haven’t heard the Azerbaijani President’s public statements on recognizing Armenia’s territorial integrity, whereas we’ve heard such statements during private meetings. This is very concerning, and it could mean that Azerbaijan has territorial aspirations against Armenia,” Mirzoyan added, emphasizing that not only doesn’t Azerbaijan implement the agreements, but it’s actions further deteriorate the situation. “While we speak about the fact that addressing the rights and security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh must constitute a part of resolution and that expecting sustainable and lasting peace in South Caucasus would be unrealistic without it, we actually see a blockade of an entire nation, an entire region through the illegal blocking of the Lachin Corridor,” Mirzoyan said.
The Armenian FM said that Yerevan expects all international partners and mediators to follow up on the implementation of agreements that have been reached at their mediation.
