The Kazan document proposed to the parties in 2011 is currently on the negotiating table, Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Tigran Balayan says, when commenting on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's statement that all components of the Karabakh conflict settlement agreement are on the table and that the parties are close to settlement.
"Azerbaijan is reluctant to accept it despite the fact that it was agreed with Baku in advance. We have repeatedly spoken about it. During a meeting in Kazan, Ilham Aliyev made 10 new proposals and actually failed the agreement of the conflict resolution principles," Tigran Balayan says.
On April 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a joint briefing with his Azerbaijani and Iranian counterparts in Baku that almost all components of the Karabakh conflict settlement agreement are on the table. He said that Russia is most of all interested in the settlement of the conflict. He added that sooner resolution of the conflict stems from all parties' interests. Given the explosive situation, all parties should speed up efforts towards political resolution of the conflict, Lavrov said. The Kazan document consists of 14 provisions. It implies determination of the final status of Karabakh, as well as return of the territories surrounding Karabakh to Azerbaijan with the corridor linking Karabakh to Armenia.
Other principles concern the return of both sides' refugees to their former residence places, an interim status ensuring the security and self-government of Karabakh, as well as international security guarantees to ensure the implementation of the agreement