At tripartite meeting of FMs of Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Mirzoyan  emphasizes need for withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops from RA  sovereign territory

ArmInfo. On October 14, the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan was held in Astana.  According to the press service of the RA MFA,  the parties the sides discussed the implementation process of the  agreements reached by the trilateral statements of November 9, 2020,  January 11 and November 26, 2021, touched upon the work within the  framework of the commissions on border delimitation and border  security, as well as in the direction of unblocking economic  communications and transport infrastructures in the region.

During the meeting, they exchanged views on the development of the  Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty and the settlement of the  Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized the need for the withdrawal of Azerbaijani  troops from the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia, the  immediate release of all Armenian prisoners of war and the  unconditional observance of the ceasefire regime. The introduction of  international mechanisms for monitoring and controlling the border  situation was highlighted in terms of preventing new aggressions.

Meanwhile, according to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Jeyhun  Bayramov at the meeting recalled that the last meeting in this format  was held in Dushanbe in May this year, and noted that the current  meeting is a good opportunity to discuss the progress made since  Dushanbe. In particular, he said that on October 2, a bilateral  meeting on the peace agreement was held in Geneva, where Azerbaijan  presented the main elements of the peace treaty to Armenia, and they  expect Armenia's response Taking into account the fact that the basic  principles of the peace agreement were presented by Azerbaijan in  February this year, and following the four-party meeting in Prague,  Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed on mutual recognition and respect for  each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, which is the  basis of the peace agreement, it was emphasized that that this is  perceived as progress towards signing an agreement. Bayramov noted  that it is important to start practical work on opening  communications based on the progress made during the negotiations in  the trilateral working group. It is reported that delimitation  commissions have already been established, two meetings have been  held so far. It was also noted that a third meeting is planned to be  held in the near future. It was stated that Azerbaijan is in favor of  carrying out work in this process in specific areas. He drew  attention to the importance of the comprehensive implementation of  the tripartite statements, but kept silent about the fact that it is  Azerbaijan that is torpedoing the implementation of the basic  principles of these agreements.  Recall that the meeting was held on  the initiative of the Russian side.