Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia notes some activity on the part of the Co-Chairs on Karabakh
ArmInfo. Obviously, there is some activity on the part of the co- chairs, in connection with the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan stated this in a conversation with journalists on November 16 after a government meeting.
At the same time, according to him, in general, the vector of the process is given in Vienna, and has not changed to this day. In the deputy minister's opinion, the expectation of the co-chairs is to make progress in the settlement of the NKR issue. To this end, as Kocharyan stressed, there must be trust between the parties, which in turn presupposes the implementation of the Vienna and St. Petersburg agreements. As for the forthcoming visit of the Russian Foreign Minister to Armenia and the possibility of new proposals for the settlement of the conflict, the Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that the Foreign Ministry of Russia has repeatedly stated that it does not operate autonomously and functions in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship." Sergei Lavrov himself repeatedly and publicly denied the existence of a Russian version of the conflict settlement," Kocharian said. At the same time, the Deputy Foreign Minister agreed that for several years not only has there been no progress in the negotiation process, but the situation in some respects is explosive, as evidenced by the events of April last year. Asked if a meeting between the representatives of Armenia and Azerbaijan is possible in the near future, he replied that, at present, the prospect is not being considered. Nevertheless, he did not rule out that the mediators will initiate a meeting between the Armenian and Azeri FMs.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will visit Yerevan on November 20-21. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova announced this on November 16 during a weekly briefing. It is planned to sign a consultation plan between the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Armenian Foreign Ministry for 2018-2019. The agenda of the bilateral talks includes a wide range of cooperation through the UNECE, CSTO, the CIS, coordination of positions within the UN, the OSCE, the Council of Europe, the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization, and other international forums, "Zakharova said, adding that the foreign ministers Russia and Armenia will discuss the issues of regional security, including the prospects for the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement. "Before the visit, Lavrov will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on November 20.