Saturday, March 25 2023 00:02

ArmInfo.As of the current situation, the Azerbaijani side submitted four proposals for a peace treaty with Armenia, to which official Yerevan responded with three  counter initiatives. RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan  stated this on March 24 at the session of the RA National Assembly's  Standing Committee on Foreign Relations.

According to him, Armenia has not yet formed its response to the  last, fourth package of proposals from Azerbaijan. The minister  stated that on many points, although not yet in an ideal form, there  are mutually acceptable formulations. <There are discussions, the  parties agree to some compromises on some issues.  However, I have to  state with regret that these compromises are not related to the main  points.  Discussions on key issues are still ongoing, and on them the  positions of the parties are far from each other>, Mirzoyan noted.

The head of the Foreign Ministry noted that no proposals were  received from the West during the negotiations. "There were and are  initiatives of the Russian side on the negotiating table, which were  formalized in the form of parameters, and with which the Armenian  side agreed, but the Azerbaijani side did not agree. In particular,  about postponing the clarification of the status of Artsakh. All  other options are Armenian-Azerbaijani ones>, the minister noted,  pointing to the formation of mechanisms for direct negotiations  between Baku and Stepanakert to ensure the security and rights of the  people of Nagorno- Karabakh.

Speaking about the work of the first mission of civilian observers of  the European Union, as Mirzoyan noted, a document was adopted that  had a limited addressability and was available only to member  countries of the European Union.