Yerevan has right to treat Moscow`s mediation efforts with a degree  of skepticism - Alen Simonyan 

ArmInfo. Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan believes that Russia's mediation in the negotiations with Azerbaijan is unlikely. "But we are discussing and are ready to discuss any specific proposal," he said in a  conversation with journalists in the National Assembly on February  11.

According to him, the past experience left many bad memories. "We  have many unresolved issues, issues that have not yet been answered.  For example, regarding the position of the Russian Federation on the  issue of the invasion of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces into the  territory of Armenia, both within the framework of the CSTO and  within the framework of the interstate agreement between Armenia and  Russia," he said, pointing out that Moscow should have taken "action"  in this case, but Yerevan did not even receive an appropriate  political assessment from it.

Against this background, according to him, Yerevan has every right to  treat Moscow's mediation efforts with a degree of skepticism.

The day before, in an interview with Izvestia, Deputy Foreign  Minister Mikhail Galuzin said that hasty and not fully verified  decisions, in Galuzin's opinion, may not lead to a long-term  sustainable peace, but on the contrary, may plant some seeds of  confrontation in the future. The Russian Foreign Ministry considers  this option extremely undesirable for Armenia and Azerbaijan, for the  South Caucasus, or for Russia.

"Naturally, we are always ready to facilitate movement forward, and  we are against any hasty documents being concluded, as the West  insists on, which is very eager to push Armenia and Azerbaijan to  conclude a peace treaty on some Western platform as soon as  possible," he said.

Galuzin again appealed to the parties and, above all, to his Armenian  friends to return to work within the framework of this group. The  Russian side is always ready to provide all possible assistance to  the parties, if they so wish, he added.

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk stated that no  formal decision had been made to terminate the activities of the  trilateral group of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan (created in  January 2021) to resolve the conflict in the region. Contacts  continue, but not in a trilateral format, but one-on-one - between  Yerevan and Baku.