According to Russian news outlets, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Azerbaijani colleague Ilham Aliyev have invited Armenian Prime Minister Nicole Pashinian to a summit in Russia, which will take place the next week.
“The Russian president has extended an invitation for a three-party summit to take place in Sochi on October 31. I declared my involvement, “According to Russian media, Pashinian said.
He continued by saying he was not if the Azerbaijani side had likewise acknowledged its presence.
He explained that the three officials would first talk about “stability and security” issues in the predominantly Armenian Nagurani region of Qara Bag.
For his part, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not confirm that Wednesday did not deny this summit next week.
In response to a question from a reporter, he said, “There are preparations for a similar triple meeting, it will be, but we will later advise you of the place and the appointment.”
The ownership of Nagurani Qara Bagh has been the subject of two conflicts in the past three decades between Armenia, a Russian ally, and Azerbaijan, supported by Turkey.
In 2020, the war resulted in the killing of more than 6,500 soldiers and ended with a ceasefire negotiated by Russia.
Armenia gave up territory it had seized decades earlier, and Moscow has sent roughly 2,000 Russian soldiers to oversee this tenuous ceasefire.
Even though Russia participated in its conflict in Ukraine, the European Union and the United States have just started a project to draught a peace treaty.
The situation is precarious despite these Western efforts.
At least 286 persons were murdered in recent clashes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in September.
In mid -October, Vladimir Putin Nicole Pashinyan and Maham Aliyev called for a joint new meeting in Russia without announcing a specific date for him..
A summit between Yerevan, Baku, and Moscow will take place in Russia the next week.
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