17:07, 22 February 2023
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 22, ARMENPRESS. During the Pashinyan-Aliyev-Blinken meeting in Munich the Azerbaijani side has assured that an internationally visible dialogue between Baku and Stepanakert will take place, the Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said at a joint press conference with Foreign Minister of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn.
FM Mirzoyan said that in the beginning, when discussions around a peace treaty were initiated with Azerbaijan, there was a perception and agreement to hold those negotiations in two tracks, one around the establishment and settlement of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, i.e. the peace treaty, and the other – a format where the rights and security of the Armenians living in Nagorno Karabakh must be discussed.
“And for a long time we see that Azerbaijan is maneuvering from being engaged in this conversation. And in Munich, by the way not only at the panel discussion but also during the Blinken-Pashinyan-Aliyev meeting, we received the Azerbaijani side’s readiness, assurance that an internationally visible dialogue between Baku and Stepanakert must take place,” Mirzoyan said.
At the same time, Mirzoyan said that on the other hand Armenia has continually witnessed how agreements and assurances are being breached over the course of the past years, including the signed agreements.
The Armenian FM expressed hope that this time Azerbaijan will remain committed to the readiness it expressed.