ArmInfo.During the five-year period of the stay of the Russian peacekeepers in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, it is necessary to have time to create guarantees of security and stability in the region. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this in an interview with TASS.
But since the Karabakh conflict is protracted, I do not think that the term of the Russian peacekeepers will be limited to five years. That is, the five-year period is the beginning of the process, and the possibility of automatic renewal is provided. I think at the moment the main issue is to ensure stability in Nagorno- Karabakh and in the region and to ensure the security of the citizens of Nagorno-Karabakh, and I think and hope that the Russian peacekeepers will act successfully and will be able to really implement this mission, "said the head of the Armenian government.
According to him, at present there is actually a consensus on the status of Nagorno-Karabakh. At least this consensus exists among the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, and Armenia agrees with this point of view that the negotiation process should continue within the framework of the co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group, and those issues that are not resolved in the joint statement should be the subject of discussion within co-chairmanship of the OSCE Minsk Group. "The negotiation process should be fully restored. But at the moment there are more operational issues that need to be resolved. I mean a full exchange of prisoners and detainees. There is a question of the missing, there is a question of the exchange of bodies of the dead. I think at the moment we must concentrate on these issues, "the RA Prime Minister stressed, adding that some communication is taking place in parallel. "We communicate with the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group. I am in constant contact with the President of Russia. We recently had a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron. The election process is in the United States, and I hope that the full working capacity of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will be restored very soon." , says Nikol Pashinyan.