Yerevan, Baku need to find solutions to number of difficult issues -  Moscow 

ArmInfo.Preparing an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace agreement is one of the elements of the  trilateral agreements by the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani  leaders, Alexey Zaitsev of Russia's foreign office stated. 

According to him, the Russian side is energetically assisting Baku  and Yerevan in the preparation of this document. "Political and  diplomatic channels are used at all levels. Trilateral summits are  held annually, and the heads of foreign affairs agencies meet  regularly. Signals from Yerevan and Baku about their commitment to a  speedy settlement do not mean that the parties are ready to agree to  any conditions.  Solutions still need to be found on a number of  difficult topics," said Zaitsev, adding that Moscow proceeds from  this.

Regarding the reaction of the US State Department to the statement by  the Director of the Fourth Department of the CIS countries of the  Russian Foreign Ministry Denis Gonchar that from a number of Western  countries from time to time there are statements that Armenia and  Azerbaijan can sign a peace treaty in the coming weeks and months,  but the rush may turn into new conflicts in the future, Zaitsev noted  that Gonchar only said that there was no need to speed up the  process.

"He talked about the fact that there is no need to speed up the  process, and he should go as long as possible to get high-quality,  reliable agreements at the end.

It may be beneficial for someone to speed up the process, to achieve  something as soon as possible, but the question is how this will be  done. That is what he emphasized in his interview," the Russian  diplomat summed up.

It should be noted that on August 7, the State Department, reacting  to Gonchar's statements, stated that despite any comments from other  countries that are not parties to this issue, an agreement between  Armenia and Azerbaijan remains within reach, and the United States  will continue to work with these countries for its achievements.