ArmInfo.Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia Jeyhun Bayramov, Ararat Mirzoyan and Sergey Lavrov discussed issues related to the implementation of tripartite statements on Karabakh and the normalization of relations between Baku and Yerevan on the sidelines of the CIS Foreign Ministers Council in Dushanbe on May 12. This was reported by the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, TASS reports.
"At the meeting, the parties discussed the current situation in the region and issues related to the implementation of tripartite statements," the report says. According to the source, an exchange of views on issues related to "the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, including the start of the process of delimitation of the state border, the opening of all transport and communication lines, and the negotiation of a peace treaty between the two countries" took place. "The parties stressed the importance of fulfilling the agreements reached for ensuring peace and security in the region," the statement says. According to TASS, at the beginning of the meeting, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov thanked his colleagues from Azerbaijan and Armenia for responding to the Russian side's proposal "to take the opportunity of the participation of the CIS Foreign Ministers to hold a trilateral meeting, which will allow the parties to continue joint work to monitor the implementation of tripartite statements ", which were previously accepted at the highest level. "We are interested in turning the South Caucasus into a zone of peace, sustainable development and prosperity," the head of the Russian diplomatic department said, adding that it is important for Moscow to increase trust between the parties while creating conditions for the full normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. "I hope that today's meeting will make it possible to move forward along the path that was outlined by our leaders," Lavrov said.
In turn, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Bayramov stressed in his opening speech that this meeting "is a good opportunity to discuss the progress that can be achieved." At the same time, he expressed regret due to the fact that so far there are no proper improvements in the work on opening transport communications in the region. "I know that contacts between our partners continue. And we believe that there is a good prospect, a good opportunity to achieve results and achieve full implementation of tripartite statements," he said. "I believe that there are good developments, understanding in terms of the composition and representativeness of the parties in the commission on delimitation issues, and I also believe that in the near future it will be possible, at least, to launch this process." Bayramov noted that Baku, for its part, "is ready to begin work on a peace treaty," and the meeting of ministers and the preservation of contacts between the parties "will have a positive impact on the continuation of the discussion on this topic."
Armenian Foreign Minister Mirzoyan stressed that Yerevan has been and remains committed to the implementation of all agreements and statements between the leaders of the three countries. "We are ready to continue all work on the current formats: on opening communications of economic infrastructures in the region, and on a peace treaty, or, as it is probably more correct to call it, an agreement on the normalization of relations, the establishment of relations, and on the solution of all remaining problems, including humanitarian ones, release of prisoners of war and other issues that remain unresolved," he said.
Earlier, Lavrov held separate meetings with partners from Azerbaijan and Armenia.
