‘If the Armenian partners are really interested in solving the problems at the highest level, then it is necessary to continue with the joint work,’ the spokeswoman replied to a media question about the Armenian side’s statements.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on January 10 expressed his government’s readiness to sign a document to settle the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict on the basis of Russian proposals.

During the above-mentioned press conference, the Prime Minister of Armenia spoke about the intention of signing a document on the basis of Russian proposals, and at the same time about the preference for some kind of comprehensive settlement of the conflict promoted by the West,’ Zakharova clarified.

She specified that the Yerevan agreement based on the 1991 Almaty Declaration to develop a peace treaty with Baku, ‘endorsed in a declaration following the October 2022 summit in Prague, radically changed the logic of the negotiation process’.

Zakharova added that this agreement confirmed the inviolability of the borders that existed between the republics of the Soviet Union.

‘At that time, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region was part of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. Of course, this circumstance is very difficult to ignore in the peace process between Baku and Yerevan.’

On December 23, 2022, Russia scheduled a meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Moscow for peace talks, which was cancelled at the last moment by the Armenian side.

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