Source: CCTV news client
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan held trilateral talks on Nagorno-Karabakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in the southern Russian coastal city of Sochi on October 31.
According to information published on the website of the Russian president, the trilateral talks were held at the suggestion of the Russian side. Putin said after the talks that the leaders of the three countries generally considered the talks "very beneficial" and that the Russian side believed that the talks "created a good atmosphere for possible consensus on certain principled issues in the future."
Putin said the talks adopted a joint statement but failed to agree on all issues. He said that the Russian side will make every effort to ensure a final and comprehensive settlement.
According to the joint statement published on the website of the Russian President, all parties reaffirmed their strict adherence to the relevant consensus reached in order to promote the comprehensive normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and ensure peace, stability, security and sustainable economic development in the region. The parties also agreed not to use force or threaten to use force.
Before the trilateral talks, Putin held bilateral talks with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Asia.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the ownership of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. In 1994, the two sides agreed on a comprehensive ceasefire, but the two countries have been in a state of hostility over the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, and armed clashes have occurred from time to time. In September 2020, a new round of conflict broke out between the two countries over the Nagorno-Karabakh issue. On November 9 of the same year, the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a statement announcing a comprehensive ceasefire in the Nagorno-Karabakh region from 0:00 Moscow time on the 10th. According to the statement, Russia deployed peacekeepers in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. (Wang Bin, Xu Hongbo, reporter of the main station)