Meeting of humanitarian agreements
Politics
17 April 2019, 17:48
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During the Vienna negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the sides agreed to hold next meeting in order to carry
on the negotiations. According to this
agreement, on April 15, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan met at the initiative of Russia and
with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Speaking about the meeting Elmar Mammadyarov, the Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister, said that the barriers to
improvement in negotiations so far were discussed at the Moscow meeting. "I can not say that significant progress was achieved. However, we could have
understood the issues causing some problems with the Armenian side. For example, the Armenian
side raised the issue of status and security. We have raised the issue of
withdrawal of troops from the occupied lands and return of internally displaced
persons. Very deep discussions were held on these four issues."
In his statement to "Kaspi” newspaper member of Milli Mejlis Elman Nasirov said that Moscow meeting was held at the initiative of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov: " Lavrov first met with Azerbaijani and Armenian Foreign Ministers, afterwards the Minsk Group co-chairs also joined the meeting. Note that the statement was made on the results of the meeting. Initial conclusions might be reached on the meeting. Firstly, some humanitarian agreements were reached at this meeting. One of them is the mutual visits of journalists from both countries. In my view, this is one of the important elements of public diplomacy." he added.
Political scientist Elshad Mirbashiroglu said that intensive meetings
between the conflict sides is assessed positively: "Prior to Moscow
meeting President of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev and the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Vienna. The
common result of this meeting was the continuation of the dialogue in the
direction of the peaceful settlement of the conflict. One of the main aspects
of the Moscow meeting is that the meeting of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan
and Armenia was held on the initiative of the Russian Foreign Minister." he stressed
"It
should be noted that Russia has enough influence in the region. We know that
Armenia is the reason for the failure to achieve a settlement in the conflict.
Strengthening Russia's initiatives, in my view, can create opportunities to put
pressure on Armenia. Regarding the concrete results of Moscow meeting, as the
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister noted, four issues were discussed. The status and
security were raised by Armenia, liberation
of the occupied territories and return of internally displaced persons to their
homes by Azerbaijan. Note that these are the issues of the Madrid Principles." Mirbashiroghlu noted.
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