Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said that the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs conveyed its request to Russia to postpone the meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Russian Federation through diplomatic channels in advance. It has been reported TASS Referring to an interview he did for Radio Liberty (he is known in the Russian Federation as a foreign media agent).
“Considering the humanitarian crisis caused by Azerbaijan’s illegal blockade of the Lachin corridor, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that the Armenian side conveyed their request to postpone the meeting that was planned to be held in Moscow between me and the foreign ministers of Russia and Azerbaijan. The Russian Embassy said to both the representatives of the head office of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Armenia.
On December 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in response to the refusal of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan to come to Russia for a trilateral round of negotiations with the participation of Azerbaijan declarationthat despite the problems “on the ground” it is impossible to abandon the agreed negotiations.
Lavrov said that in early December, all parties agreed to meet in Moscow for a new round of negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. However, the Armenian side refused to participate in the meeting.
Former press secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov aforementionedAzerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the Russian side will be ready to provide all necessary assistance for a meeting on their territory.