ArmInfo. Azerbaijan welcomes the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the phased settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Hikmet Hajiyev, wrote about this in his Twitter microblog. Meanwhile, Spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan, commenting on Lavrov's statement, stressed ArmInfo that it was a package deal settlement with a phased implementation, as repeatedly stated by the co-chairs and the Armenian side. It should be noted that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated at a January 15 press conference that the Nagorno-Karabakh issue can not be solved once and for all in one document.
"This problem in one document will not be solved once and for all." A step-by-step approach is needed that will reflect an agreement on what is possible and will determine the ways of working on issues that require additional discussion in the interests of achieving a final settlement, including the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. So, it's up to the parties, "Lavrov said.