MP from the ruling bloc: We will continue work towards the return of  Artsakh to the negotiations

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.