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Russian Foreign Ministry: Armenia froze its participation in all trilateral formats

Maria Zakharova, the Spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

13 November 2024 17:36 (UTC +04:00)

"It is hard to overestimate the importance of the November 9 trilateral statement between the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a briefing today, APA's Moscow correspondent reports.

According to Zakharova, four years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin made significant efforts to reach an agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia to stop the war.

Zakharova recalled that two months after the trilateral agreement, in January 2021, at the initiative of the Russian President, a summit was held with the participation of the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia: “This summit launched the peace process. Additionally, a working group co-chaired by the deputy prime ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia was established to unblock all economic and transport communications in the South Caucasus region. Subsequently, based on the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, a comprehensive set of trilateral agreements was formed, outlining the main directions of Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization. These include drafting a peace treaty, unblocking transport communications, delimitation and demarcation of borders, and establishing contacts between civil societies. While active work on these trilateral foundations was underway, real and substantial results were achieved on several broad issues. For instance, by June 2023, an agreement on establishing transport routes in the region was close to being reached within the trilateral working group framework. However, under Western pressure, Yerevan suspended its activities in the trilateral working group, and later, Armenia froze its participation in all trilateral formats.”