Leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia meet

Before the meeting of the Council of Ministers, Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan made remarks on the tripartite meeting held with the President of the European Council Charles Michel and Aliyev on May 14 in Brussels.

Pashinyan stated that they received an offer from Russia to hold a meeting between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia under Putin’s mediation on May 25 in Moscow, adding that they accepted it.

Recalling that he met with the President of Azerbaijan on May 14 under the mediation of Charles Michel, Pashinyan noted that the two leaders endorsed the territorial integrity and mutual sovereignty of their countries under the United Nations Charter and the Almaty Declaration of 1991, and that this would form a basis for the work of the committee charged with determining the borders.

AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA MUTUALLY RECOGNIZE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SOIL

Pashinyan, as stated in Michel’s statement after the May 14 meeting, stated that Azerbaijan recognizes the 29,800 square kilometer unit of Armenia and Armenia recognizes the 86,600 square kilometer unit of Azerbaijan. He stressed that it is important to finalize the text of the peace agreement and determine the borders.

At the meeting in Brussels, Pashinyan stressed that there was a positive mutual understanding for the revitalization of the railway between Azerbaijan and Armenia, stating that as stipulated in article 9 of the trilateral declaration of the Republic of Armenia on November 9, 2022 and the trilateral declaration of January 11, the transport routes, announced their willingness to reopen based on the principles of sovereignty, jurisdiction, equality and reciprocity of the parties.

Pashinyan affirmed that, according to Michel’s statement, a partial consensus was reached on the release of the prisoners and detainees and the discovery of the fate of the disappeared, and affirmed that the issue will be discussed in the next meetings.

NEXT MEETING ON JUNE 1

Mentioning the upcoming talks, Pashinyan noted that a five-way meeting will be held in Chisinau on June 1, within the framework of the European Political Community (EPC) Summit, mediated by French President Emmanuel Macron and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and a similar meeting will take place in Grenada in October.

Pashinyan stated that the next tripartite meeting, mediated by Michel, will be held in Brussels in July.

Reminding that the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet tomorrow in Moscow, Pashinyan said that the Foreign Minister of Armenia has gone to Moscow. (AA)