Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian (right) with his Estonian counterpart Sven Mikser in Yerevan on June 13
YEREVAN””Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Tuesday refuted claims made earlier by his Azerbaijani counterpart about discussion that allegedly transpired when the two leaders met in Moscow in April.
On Monday, Mammadyarov lamented the so-called status quo in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict saying that the time to start substantial negotiations based on the documents discussed in Saint Petersburg and Moscow. He also reiterated Baku’s ongoing claims that the Karabakh conflict resolution should be based on UN Security Council resolution on the matter.
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday with his Estonian counterpart Sven Mikser, who is on an official visit to Armenia, Nalbandian rejected Mammadyarov’s statements especially the one related to supposed agreements reached in Moscow in April at a meeting mediated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Nalbandian pointed out that no Karabakh peace plan was discussed during the Moscow meeting saying that any assertion to the contrary by Mammadyarov was simply the figment of his imagination.
”˜First, in Moscow the ministers of foreign affairs did not negotiate any document. The only text discussed was the text of the press release, which was agreed upon by the foreign ministers in the presence of the [Minsk Group] Co-Chairs,”
