Armenia agrees to establish interstate relations with Azerbaijan according to the principles proposed by Russia and is ready to confirm it at the meeting of the leaders of the three countries in Sochi. The republic's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan wrote this on his microblog on Twitter on Friday.
"Armenia agreed in early September to work on the basis of the fundamental principles and parameters for establishing interstate relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan presented by the Russian Federation, and is ready to confirm it in Sochi. We hope Russia will support its proposals," he said.
At the meeting of the Council of the CIS Heads of State on October 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin invited the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia to Russia, suggesting to agree on the date and place. Afterwards, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed the fact that such a meeting was being prepared. During the governmental hour in the parliament, Pashinyan said, in turn, that he is going to Sochi on Russia's invitation to meet with Putin and Aliyev on October 31. The previous talks between Putin, Aliyev and Pashinyan were held in Sochi in November 2021.
An extraordinary session of the Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) will be held on Friday, October 28. Peskov confirmed to journalists that it will be held, among other things, as part of preparations for a meeting of the three leaders. Earlier, Pashinyan said that Yerevan initiated an extraordinary session of the CSTO Council to discuss the situation on the border with Azerbaijan.
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Based on materials from TASS