Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. Archival photoYEREVAN, July 16 Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov announced their readiness to continue discussions at a meeting in Tbilisi on Saturday, the press service of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported. «During the meeting, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov touched upon a wide range of issues related to the settlement of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In this regard, the parties discussed the progress in fulfilling their previously undertaken obligations and exchanged views on further possible steps … The parties' readiness to continue discussions was recorded,» the report says.< img src="/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/eaa752b852abdbf416d9a2710db7977e.jpg" />Pashinyan and Blinken discussed KarabakhAccording to the press service, Mirzoyan confirmed the position of the Armenian side, «that on the way to achieving a stable and lasting peace in the region, a political settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is important and in this context stressed the importance of using the institution and experience of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship in in accordance with its international mandate.» «The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia noted the importance of solving humanitarian problems, including the release and return of Armenian prisoners of war, ascertaining the fate of the missing,» the message says. The meeting was hosted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Ilya Darchiashvili .At the end of September 2020, hostilities resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh, which became a continuation of a long-term conflict and led to civilian casualties. The parties made several attempts to conclude a truce, but the tripartite agreement reached on the night of November 10 was successful. With the mediation of Moscow, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a complete ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and bodies of the dead. Also, in particular, Yerevan handed over to Baku the Kelbajar and Lachin regions, as well as part of the Aghdam region, which in the interwar period were under the control of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. In addition, Russian peacekeepers have been stationed in the region.
Experts from Azerbaijan and Armenia discussed relations between the two countries at MGIMO
