The Russian Foreign Ministry considers the attempts to disavow the complex of trilateral agreements, consisting of statements by the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia dated November 10, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, October 31, 2022, to be dangerous, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said.
"It covers all the key areas of Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization: unblocking economic and transport ties, delimiting the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, concluding a peace treaty and developing dialogue among representatives of the public and expert circles. These agreements remain in force," Zakharova said.
"In view of the absence of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, we consider attempts to disavow these important documents to be extremely dangerous. Such a step will inevitably result in serious risks, first of all, for Armenia itself. It will not be possible to stop these challenges with the help of Western pseudo-mediators. Unlike Russia, the US and the EU do not seek to bring peace and stability to Armenia and other states of the South Caucasus, their task is completely different: to oust us and other regional players, to create a new source of tension after the Balkans, the Middle East and Ukraine," Zakharova said.
The Russian Foreign Ministry unjustifiably blamed the Armenian side for slowing down the implementation of the trilateral statements and calling for a return to the implementation of those agreements. Zakharova, however, did not mention either the gross violations of the same agreements by Azerbaijan (including the blocking of the Lachin Corridor, violations of the ceasefire regime, the aggression of September 19, etc.), nor the inaction of the Russian peacekeeping troops stationed in Nagorno-Karabakh, in front of which Nagorno Karabakh was completely depopulated. "We reaffirm our proposal to organize the next round of negotiations on the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Russia as soon as possible," concluded the Spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
