ArmInfo. Of course, we did not expect Azerbaijan to change its position in one day. Especially, given the certain problems that Ilham Aliyev faces in his country. Mikael Zolyan, a deputy of the National Assembly of Armenia from My Step block, expressed this opinion to ArmInfo.
"Nevertheless, let us note that for the first time in many years, it was Yerevan that dictated the negotiation agenda, made proposals that Baku and other interested players had to respond to. We never put the Artsakh people back into the process as a precondition, however, once to resolve the conflict, the return of Artsakh to the process is simply necessary. That is why we will continue to work in this direction. " - the deputy stressed.
Commenting on the first official meeting of the Prime Minister of Armenia with the President of Azerbaijan, Zolyan, on the basis of the available responses, assessed it as constructive. He estimated that the fact of the meeting was positive, since Vienna was a serious step by the parties towards restarting the peace process. The parliamentarian is convinced of the need to form a dialogue through which the parties to the conflict can present each other their own approaches and understand their logic. On his way, according to his estimates, dozens of such meetings are needed.On Friday, March 29, in Vienna, with the mediation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, the first official meeting of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was held with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. On March 28, the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Elmar Mamedyarov was held in the capital of Austria. The ministerial meeting was preceded by their separate meetings with the mediators.According to Zolyan, there is nothing particularly to add to the final statement of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs, since the statement was more informational. Estimates of the Vienna meeting of heads of state are also quite natural, since, in his opinion, it is important for the co-chairs to demonstrate that the process is on track and that the dialogue is mainly constructive.
The parliamentarian considers it also an important step to project the results of the informal conversation of leaders in Dushanbe in the field supervised by the Minsk Group.Since 1992, the OSCE Minsk Group has been involved in resolving the Karabakh conflict, represented by the co-chairs from Russia, the United States and France. At present, the settlement process is proceeding on the basis of the Madrid Principles put forward by the OSCE Minsk Group in 2007 and the Madrid Principles updated in 2009, which, among other things, provide for the deployment of a peacekeeping force in the conflict zone.