Official Yerevan on Friday signaled that it would support a proposed meeting between Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers at the invitation of Kazakhstan.
The existence of such a proposal was revealed earlier this week, when President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan announced Baku’s readiness to such a meeting in Astana, the Kazakhstan capital.
Armenia’s foreign ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan on Friday said that a date for the meeting will be announced once an agreement has been reached.
“The Republic of Armenia considers and favors mediation efforts or negotiation platforms that are really aimed at achieving lasting peace in the South Caucasus, support the recognition of each other’s territorial integrity by Armenia and Azerbaijan and the process of delimitation based on the fundamental principles and mutually agreed documents, including the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration,” Badalyan said.
“We will inform about the date of the possible meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan at the suggestion of the Kazakh side as soon as an agreement is reached,” Badalyan added.
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan last met with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in talks hosted by Germany’s foreign minister Annalena Baerbock in Berlin on February 28.