ArmInfo. On August 9, the candidate from the ruling Civil Contract faction for the post of Chairperson of the Standing Committee on State and Legal Affairs of the National Assembly Vladimir Vardanyan refused to answer the question of MP from the opposition "Hayastan" faction ("Armenia", Ed. note) Artsvik Minasyan regarding the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020.
"I will not answer this question, and not because I have no answer to this question, or no comments in connection with this statement. I would prefer to discuss issues related to the national security and international relations of Armenia behind closed doors, with experts, to give answers to such questions, urging not to spread the answers to them, "he said, answering Minasyan's question about" what is the legal status of the document promulgated under titled "November 9 Trilateral Statement."
Vardanyan urged to raise and discuss similar issues in the future only behind closed doors.
On the night of November 10, the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia announced that a ceasefire agreement had been reached on the territory of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called the agreement victorious, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that he was forced to agree to it, this was demanded by the situation at the front. Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated that the agreed provisions will create "the necessary conditions for a long-term and full-scale settlement of the crisis around Nagorno-Karabakh in a fair manner."