Russian Foreign Ministry: None of the parties has announced their  withdrawal from trilateral agreements of 2020-2022

ArmInfo.   Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan have not announced their withdrawal from the trilateral agreements of 2020-2022, as stated by Deputy Director of  the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry  Alexey Fadeyev during a briefing on August 13.  According to him,  Moscow is ready to assist partners in normalizing  relations between  Armenia and Azerbaijan, as has been repeatedly stated by the Russian  leadership.

Regarding the "Trump Route", Fadeyev emphasized that the Russian  Foreign Ministry will study this project, the details of which have  not yet been made public. "As we have already noted, the involvement  of extra-regional forces should promote the peace agenda and not  create new dividing lines," Fadeyev emphasized, essentially  reiterating the statement made by the official representative of the  Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, on August 9.

Recall that on August 9, Zakharova stated that the involvement of  extra-regional players in the resolution of conflict in the South  Caucasus should not create additional difficulties. Commenting on the  negotiations between the heads of the United States, Armenia and  Azerbaijan in Washington, she noted that Russia is interested in the  formation of a zone of stability and prosperity in the South Caucasus  and one of the most important conditions for this is the  comprehensive normalization of relations between Armenia and  Azerbaijan, based on  the interests of the peoples of both countries.  "We consistently support all efforts to achieve this key goal for  regional security. In this regard, the meeting of the leaders of the  South Caucasus republics in Washington with the mediation of the  American side deserves a positive assessment. We hope that this step  will help advance the peace agenda," she said, adding that until  recently, Yerevan and Baku claimed that they preferred to conduct a  dialogue directly, without external assistance. 

The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry recalled that the  current stage of Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization started with the  direct assistance and central role of Russia with the adoption of the  high- level trilateral Statement  on November 9, 2020. According to  Zakharova, the best option for solving the problems of the South  Caucasus is to find and further implement solutions developed by the  countries of the region themselves with the support of their  immediate neighbors - Russia, Iran, and Turkey. "The involvement of  extra-regional players should promote the peace agenda and not create  additional difficulties and dividing lines. We would like to avoid  the sad experience of Western assistance in resolving conflicts in  the Middle East. Examples in the South Caucasus include the presence  of the EU observer mission in Armenia, whose activities constantly  irritate other regional countries," Zakharova noted. "It is also  important to take into account the factor of Armenia's membership in  the single customs space of the EAEU, in particular, with regard to  the organization of transit cargo transportation through the  territory of the republic. It is also impossible to ignore the fact  that Armenia's border with Iran is guarded by Russian border guards  deployed in accordance with the interstate agreement of September 30,  1992," Zakharova said.