The Armenian side asked to postpone the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan, Sergey Lavrov and Jeyhun Bayramov, planned in Moscow, due to the situation with the blocking of the Lachin corridor, Vahan Hunanyan, the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry.
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The Armenian side confirmed its readiness to participate in the meeting in Moscow about two weeks ago, “even before the illegal blocking of the Lachin corridor by Azerbaijan.”
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“Obviously, the priority of the work of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan at the moment is to resolve the issues of resuming the unimpeded operation of the Lachin corridor in accordance with the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020 and the problems that have arisen as a result of the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, and, based on this , the Armenian side asked to postpone the meeting scheduled in Moscow,” Hunanyan said.
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“At the same time, we inform you that as a sign of the constructiveness of the Armenian side in the process of normalizing relations with Azerbaijan, regardless of the circumstances of the meeting, new proposals from the Armenian side on a document on the normalization of relations were submitted to Azerbaijan,” he added.
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Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that the meeting of the heads of the foreign ministries of the Russian Federation, Armenia and Azerbaijan, at which they were supposed to discuss the preparation of a peace treaty, was planned for December 23, but Yerevan refused to participate.
