ArmInfo. During the weekly briefing, the head of the press service of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, criticized the "content and tone" of the final press conference of Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, expressing regret about this.
"Instead of drawing objective conclusions, and in particular, conclusions from one's own mistakes and miscalculations, another attempt has been made to place all responsibility on Russia," she said, noting that such a position has no basis, since these mistakes, which were allowed by official Yerevan.
On January 23, RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, in response to the question whether Yerevan could withdraw its signature from the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020, said that it is difficult to withdraw a signature from a document that, in fact, is not works. In this vein, the Armenian minister drew attention to the fact that the two parties (Russia and Azerbaijan - Ed.), in fact, did not fulfill their obligations under this document. "There is more than enough evidence and examples - this applies to both Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin corridor, and many other issues. Armenia has fulfilled all the obligations undertaken under this statement," he noted
Speaking about the Russian negotiation platform and Baku's readiness to meet in Moscow, according to statements by the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Mirzoyan noted that he does not know whether Azerbaijan is ready to sign a peace treaty in Russia. "Such assurances from the Azerbaijani side were not heard either during closed meetings or publicly. If Lavrov makes such a statement, then I believe that he has such grounds," he noted. To clarify whether the Russian side has new proposals for the negotiation process, Mirzoyan noted that he is not aware of any.
