Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty Must Address All Mutual Concerns, says Russia

"It is important for that crucial document for the region to be based on the fair resolution of all mutual concerns, without any bitter consequences for any of the parties.”

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Moscow is keen for a swift peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, according to Russia's Ambassador to Armenia, Sergey Kopyrkin, The Caspian Post reports citing Armenian media.

At the same time, the crucial peace treaty must be based on the fair resolution of all mutual concerns, Kopyrkin said. 

Kopyrkin was asked on the Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization and the probability of a peace treaty being signed in 2024. 

“As a rule, the preparation of any peace treaty is a painstaking and highly responsible process,” the ambassador said in an interview with the Izvestiya newspaper. “Naturally, Moscow is eager to see sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan as soon as possible. At the same time, it is important for that crucial document for the region to be based on the fair resolution of all mutual concerns, without any bitter consequences for any of the parties,” the Russian envoy said. 

Asked whether Russia is ready like before to support the signing of a peace treaty, the ambassador said ,”We have clearly seen that achieving mutually-acceptable compromise between Yerevan and Baku is a difficult and time-consuming process given the developments that followed the collapse of the USSR.”

Ambassador Kopyrkin said Russia is always ready to provide support to Armenians and Azerbaijanis in normalizing their bilateral relations, in line with the letter and spirit of the 2020-2022 trilateral agreements between the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. 

“They, the negotiating parties, should chose the types and volumes of such support. From this perspective we are glad that productive contacts took place between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the highest level during the October 24 BRICS summit in Kazan, which allowed to convey a useful signal to the normalization dialogue,” the Russian ambassador said.