MOSCOW
Russia is doing everything imaginable for a lasting peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, stressing that the way forward lies in the trilateral agreements signed through the 3 countries in 2020 and 2021.
“Undoubtedly, the only imaginable and realistic path to peace is strict compliance by the parties with all the provisions of the well-known joint statements of the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan,” Putin told a regular assembly of the Collective Security Treaty Organization. appealed to Armenia’s request.
Moscow negotiated the deal that ended the 2020 standoff between the two countries, which have had tense relations since 1991, when Armenia occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory identified around the world as part of Azerbaijan.
Since then, Russia has maintained a central position in efforts to resolve a comprehensive settlement of long-standing differences between the former Soviet republics.
Putin said it is imperative to ensure a “consistent implementation of agreements on tactics to demarcate the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, unblock maritime communications and solve humanitarian problems. “
This is the only way to stabilize and normalize relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, he stressed.
Acknowledging that the existing ones are “quite difficult,” he said Russia is “always doing everything possible” for normalization between Baku and Yerevan.
The factor is finding answers that will pave the way for a long-term peace treaty, Putin added, reaffirming Russia’s preference for peace and progress in the South Caucasus.
After months of relative calm, fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia resumed last month, killing about three hundred more people in the worst outbreak since 2020.
Attempts through Western powers, adding the U. S. , are not the U. S. The U. S. and EU role in peace efforts have provoked a reaction from Russia.
Moscow condemned the West for what is a “brutal and shameless approach,” accusing the US and EU of ignoring regional realities and sensitivities.
Washington and Brussels are interested in “balanced solutions, but in self-promotion and Russia’s expulsion from Transcaucasia,” Russia’s Foreign Ministry said earlier this week.
Putin is scheduled to host Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for talks in Sochi next Monday, the trio’s first meeting since November.
Ahead of the long-awaited talks, Pashinyan told Armenian lawmakers this week that he would finalize a peace deal with Baku before the end of the year.