17:39, 22 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 22, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan does not rule out that a trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan will take place in the near future, ARMENPRESS reports, Mirzoyan said during the parliament-Cabinet Q&A session, answering the question of Lilit Minasyan, MP from the "Civil Contract" faction, whether the issue of holding a trilateral meeting was discussed in Moscow.

"Naturally, that topic was discussed. Last year on December 23, such a trilateral meeting was planned between me, the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Russia, the meeting was supposed to take place in Moscow, but the Armenian side did not participate, we postponed our participation in that meeting because the Lachin Corridor was illegally closed by Azerbaijan. In Nagorno-Karabakh, there was a very acute need for food, medicine, and other basic necessities. It is clear that the negotiations are going on remotely at the moment, because we are exchanging our proposals, our ideas regarding the peace treaty, but it can be assumed that at some point the physical meetings and discussions should also be resumed. Yes, that topic was discussed in Moscow, and there is a possibility of such a meeting in the near future," said Mirzoyan.