The foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia, respectively, Sergey Lavrov, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan, will discuss ways of de-escalating the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh and the preparation of a peace agreement between Baku and Yerevan in Moscow July 25. Lavrov will also hold bilateral meetings with his counterparts. The final resolution would further the development of the International North-South Transport Corridor now being promoted by Iran, India, and Russia which could include both countries.
According to TASS, the Russian Foreign Ministry noted that particular attention will be given to preparing a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia and to seeking a resolution to remaining issues, the unblocking of transport communications in the region, the delimitation of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, and interaction of public figures and experts, as well as dialogue between lawmakers.
In a related development, earlier, on July 24 Armenia’s Foreign Minister was received in Tehran by the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi. Both parties expressed satisfaction with their current relationship. They both stressed the importance of implementing already jointly agreed projects, in trade, economics, energy, and transport. Mizoyan presented the President with the latest developments concerning the dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh, lying within Azeri territory, had been disputed for decades. The FM stressed the need to end the blockade of the Lachin corridor to Nagorno-Karabakh, according to a report in Newsam.
Iran, which shares borders with both countries, also has an interest in seeing the resolution of conflict.
