ArmInfo.For Armenia Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan is surprising that one of the sides of the Karabakh conflict refuses to implement the agreements on the establishment of investigation of incidents on the line of contact.
He noted that there is no change in the implementation of the Vienna and St. Petersburg agreements, but the Armenian side should continue to insist on their implementation. "It is strange that one of the sides refuses to implement them, as they will help to build trust, without which it is impossible to achieve success", said the Minister.
To recall, on June 20th, in St. Petersburg, under the mediation of Russian President Vladimir Putin a meeting of the heads of Armenia and Azerbaijan was held. Due to its results, the sides issued a joint statement in which, in particular, noted that the presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia confirmed the Armenian-Azerbaijani agreements reached at the last summit in Vienna on May 16, which aimed at stabilizing the situation in the conflict zone and the creation of an atmosphere for advancing in the peace process. To this end, they agreed, to increase the number of international observers in the conflict zone, as well as to implement mechanisms of incidents investigation. Meanwhile, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that the investigation mechanisms at this stage of the settlement are not relevant and the matter may be investigated after the "withdrawal of Armenian troops from Nagorno-Karabakh". In addition, he also stressed that the office of the OSCE chairman can be extended up to 12-13 people and more.