Interfax: Experts in Moscow discuss settlement of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations

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Armenia –

Experts from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia have met in Moscow to discuss a set of issues of the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement, Interfax reported.

The meeting was held on Friday and was facilitated and coordinated by the Moscow State Institute of International Relations of the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian International Affairs Council.

The event was opened by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko. Coordinators from Baku and Yerevan were the Center for Analysis of International Relations and the Orbeli Analytical Center, respectively. The experts spoke in their personal capacity during the discussion.

According to a report circulated to journalists after the meeting, "the experts managed to discuss a complex of issues of settling Armenian-Azerbaijani relations based on trilateral agreements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia dated November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, including the problems of unblocking transport communications in the region, border delimitation/demarcation, prospects of negotiations on a peace treaty as well as humanitarian issues and possible measures to build confidence between the parties."

There was also a discussion on the role and place of expert dialogue in the work on normalizing relations between the two countries.

It is noted that the participants agreed to continue contacts and joint work within the framework of the trilateral expert platform – "Dialogue on Peace".