Monday, December 5 2022 17:07

ArmInfo. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that there are more than two drafts of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

So, on December 5 in Moscow, at a press conference with his  counterpart from Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, when asked to tell in  more detail about the Washington and Moscow draft peace treaties,  Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in particular, said: "Well,  there are probably more than two of them. Because the Moscow project  was prepared long ago, at the beginning of this year, and handed over  to the parties as confirmation of the desire of the Russian  Federation to help find a common base. And it was generally  positively received by the parties."

As Lavrov continued, however, since then there have been well-known  proposals of Azerbaijan - 5 principles, there was a reaction of the  Prime Minister of Armenia to these proposals, and quite recently,  this fall, just during the visit of the foreign ministers of Armenia  and Azerbaijan to Washington, the Azerbaijani side presented another  version of a possible document.

"After returning from Washington, as I understand it, the Armenian  side presented its counterproposals.  And we are still ready to  assist the parties in this matter. But, in this matter, as far as I  understand, it is very important to determine the main, fundamental  things And in this sense , what was agreed upon by the leaders of  Armenia and Azerbaijan in Prague on October 6, of course, is of  landmark importance, when they confirmed their focus on solving all  problems on the basis of the UN Charter and the Alma-Ata Declaration  of December 1991," he said.

According to him, if this is so, and it is definitely so, since it  was confirmed by the Prime Minister of Armenia and the President of  Azerbaijan, then the solution of the problem is greatly facilitated.

In turn, Bayramov confirmed that various projects are being  considered. "We consider this issue as fundamental from the point of  view of the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations.  Azerbaijan has a clear vision of this issue and a desire to resolve  it," he said, recalling that it was Azerbaijan, after the aggression  against Artsakh and the occupation of its territories, that proposed  " turn the page of enmity" and in February of this year proposed 5  principles of a peace treaty.

When asked to assess the document adopted by the French legislature,  which, among other things, calls for imposing sanctions on Azerbaijan  in connection with the aggression against Armenia, Bayramov  ironically accused France of bias and allegedly obstructing the  negotiation process.

"We believe that the main responsibility in this matter lies with the  Armenian and Azerbaijani sides. 30 years of the history of the  conflict have shown that it is naive to sit and wait for someone to  come and solve the issue for us," Bayramov said. At the same time, it  seems that, by the way, they covertly accuse some third countries of  trying to raise the level of confrontation in the region and  artificially increase their importance in regional processes.

He also found it difficult to clarify when the peace treaty would be  signed, while adding that Azerbaijan was ready to do it as soon as  possible.