ArmInfo. The present situation in the Lachin corridor is the result of Armenia's recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan, Maria Zakharova, Spokesperson for Russia's foreign office, told a briefing as she commented on Azerbaijan kidnapping of Artsakh citizens crossing the border.
Answering a question about the Baku-Stepanakert dialogue, where the Azerbaijani side proposes to hold a meeting on the territory of Azerbaijan and the lack of guarantees in light of the detention of people in the Lachin corridor, Zakharova noted that "we just need to implement the agreements."
"Is there a guarantee associated with the agreements? If we have agreed and sealed the agreements at the highest level, then we need to implement them, and not engage in other interpretations, inventing new constructs, or involving third parties, fifths and tenths. Play a game of glass beads. There are agreements - they must be implemented. As soon as dishonesty begins in the implementation of agreements, there is no time for guarantees," Ms Zakharova said.
Zakharova directly noted that the Armenian side did not fulfill the agreements. <You just have to do it. The fulfillment of agreements is a guarantee," the speaker of the RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized, clarifying that this failure is due to a radical change in Armenia's position on an essential, key issue by 180 degrees. Moreover, the key issue for Yerevan, as she put it. "This is an internal decision of Yerevan, but there are obligations that were sealed with signatures and these obligations were repeatedly reconfirmed, and their implementation is the guarantees that your question is about," Ms Zakharova said.