MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. Attempts to disavow the agreements between the Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders are extremely dangerous in the absence of a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
"The package of trilateral agreements made up of the statements by the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia of November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, and October 31, 2022 is a roadmap for reconciliation between Baku and Yerevan and has no alternative," she said. "It embraces all key spheres of Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization: unblocking economic and transport links, delimiting the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, signing a peace treaty, and developing dialogue between public activists and experts. These agreements are in force, as neither of the sides has withdrawn its signature."
"In the absence of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, attempts to disavow these major documents are extremely dangerous," she stressed. "Such a step will inevitably entail serious risks, first of all, for Armenia." Moscow, in her words, reiterates its initiative to organize another round of talks on a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Russia as soon as possible.
Despite the recent agreements between Baku and Yerevan on a prisoner exchange and the work of the border delimitation commission, nothing has yet been done to begin delimitation efforts under Russia’s consultancy, or what the three leaders agreed to as far back as November 2021, she noted.
"The Armenian side has rejected CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Russia-led security bloc – TASS) mechanism for the stabilization of the situation in border areas for the sake of inviting an EU mission," she said. "So, delays in the implementation of the above-mentioned decisions by the countries’ leaders are a direct result of Yerevan’s inconsistent actions rather than of Moscow’s policy as some are alleging.".