Armenia advises Baku to resume negotiations

According to the report of the international group of Fars news agency, “Ararat Mirzoyan”, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan, asked the Republic of Azerbaijan to agree to the resumption of peace talks with Armenia with the mediation of the European Union.

according to the website “Radio Free Europe” In a joint press conference with Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakna, Mirzoyan said: “In my opinion, the Republic of Azerbaijan should return to the negotiating table in the form of meetings.” We have already said that most of the work is done and now we need to meet and agree on the final text of the key issues. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan canceled the negotiations with the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan twice. The meeting with Mirzovian, which was supposed to be held in Washington, was cancelled. Baku accused the Western powers of being partial to Armenia and proposed direct negotiations with Yerevan. He took back Karabagh and recently, after Baku’s attacks on the remaining parts of Karabagh in September, the Armenians in this region agreed to the conditions of the Republic of Azerbaijan to disarm this region, and Karabagh came under Baku’s control.

Mirzovian added: “Our negotiations in the last two or three years have been bilateral and facilitated by international actors.”

The European Union’s foreign policy official also recently emphasized the need to support Armenia during a meeting at the political headquarters of this union in Brussels.

Joseph Burrell, the European Union foreign policy official, said: “Armenia needs our strong support. We will see how we can increase it.

Joseph Burrell added that the European Union has decided to increase the number of observers in Armenia.

The mission of the European Union in Armenia was established in February 2023 on the border of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Union observers are required to observe and report on the situation on site. This mission is for 2 years and includes 100 experts and observers. The headquarters of these forces is connected with the Liaison and Support Office in Yerevan.

The spokesman of the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that Moscow intends to normalize Azerbaijan and Armenia. It evaluates the relations and the signing of the peace agreement positively.

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