ArmInfo. The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev, express their willingness to complete the peace negotiations and reach a joint peace agreement.
This was stated by spokesperson of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov in an interview with Channel One Russia when asked "whether it's risky to invite the leaders of warring countries to St. Petersburg." In this regard, he noted that there is no risk.
an informal CIS summit is currently underway in St. Petersburg, in which, with the exception of Armenia and Azerbaijan, the heads of the following states are participating: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
This is the first meeting of Pashinyan and Aliyev after the de-Armenization of Artsakh, which was preceded by a 9-month total blockade of the state by Azerbaijan. As a result, over 100 thousand Artsakhis were forcibly displaced to Armenia.