When organizing Armenian, Azerbaijani FMs` meeting in Almaty,  Kazakhstan`s authorities will not act as negotiator

ArmInfo.The authorities of Kazakhstan will not act as mediator in the negotiations, when organizing a meeting in Almaty between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov. Official  representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan Aibek  Smadiyarov announced at a briefing.

"We are planning such negotiations in Almaty. We are now in touch  with our Azerbaijani and Armenian partners. The upcoming negotiations  will be held exclusively between the parties. I want to note that we  are not talking about Astana's mediation, we are only providing  goodwill services, the so-called good offices," Smadiyarov said, TASS  reports.

The Foreign Ministry representative recalled that during his recent  visits to Azerbaijan and Armenia, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart  Tokayev noted the importance of establishing a strong long-term peace  between these countries. Tokayev also announced Kazakhstan's  readiness to assist by providing a platform for negotiations between  Baku and Yerevan.

Yesterday, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev announced that a  meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan would take  place in Almaty soon. The Armenian Foreign Ministry confirmed this  information but did not specify the exact date of the upcoming  meeting.