Trilateral meeting of leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia  starts in Sochi

ArmInfo.A trilateral meeting of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia, Nikol  Pashinyan, Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin, respectively, starts in  Sochi.  It was preceded by Putin-Pashinyan and Putin-Aliev bilateral  meetings.

 During bilateral meetings with the President of Russia,  the Prime Minister of Armenia proposed to include in the text of the  statement planned following the results of the trilateral meeting the  thesis that the Armenian side supports the Russian approach to the  Nagorno-Karabakh problem.

"I want to emphasize once again that the approaches on  Nagorno-Karabakh proposed by the Russian version of the basic  principles and parameters for establishing interstate relations  between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia are  acceptable to us," Pashinyan said.

Vladimir Putin said that the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh must be  ended. He stressed that the Armenian side has the will to end this  conflict.

In turn, the President of Azerbaijan announced five principles for  the normalization of relations with Armenia: among them the mutual  recognition of the sovereignty and inviolability of the borders of  Azerbaijan and Armenia, confirmation of the mutual absence of  territorial claims, refraining from threats to security, delimitation  and demarcation of the border and the launch of transport links.

The President of Azerbaijan also thanked Vladimir Putin for his role  in resolving the situation in Nagorno- Karabakh. The Russian leader,  in turn, noted that the Russian peacekeeping contingent is properly  fulfilling its mission in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Aliyev-Putin talks lasted 2 hours and 20 minutes. The  negotiations between Pashinyan and Putin lasted a little more than  two hours.