RA MFA: Yerevan agreed to Mirzoyan-Bayramov meeting in Malta with Blinken`s mediation

ArmInfo. The Armenian side has  agreed to a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and  Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, in Malta with the  mediation of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, as reported by  Public Television of the Republic of Armenia, citing the RA MFA.

Earlier, Ani Badalyan, the press secretary of the Armenian MFA,  stated that a meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and  Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, is not planned  within the framework of the OSCE Ministerial Conference held in  Malta.  Meanwhile, today Azerbaijani media reported that Baku has  refused the meeting, based on information from a diplomatic source.  The reason for the refusal was Secretary of State Blinken's desire to  act as a mediator in organizing the meeting.