RPA member has low expectations for Kazan meeting

PanARMENIAN.Net - Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) parliamentary group member Hamlet Harutyunyan has low expectations for Armenia-Azerbaijan-Russia presidential meeting on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict settlement.

The parliamentarian is certain that Azerbaijan will not take constructive position during talks in Kazan.

“Clearly, Azerbaijan won’t agree to constructive steps in conflict settlement without pressure from international organizations, including the European Union,” the MP said.

Harutyunyan stressed the importance of strict observation of ceasefire to be discussed in Kazan. He reminded that the ceasefire agreement was singed by Karabakh representative as well.

The Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia – Serzh Sargsyan, Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev - are slated to meet on June 25 in the Russian city of Kazan, the next in a series of trilateral meetings on the Karabakh conflict settlement.

There are certain expectations with respect to the meeting, taking into consideration the Deauville statement adopted by the leaders of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries, who said “the time has arrived for all the sides to the Nagorno Karabakh conflict to take a decisive step towards a peaceful settlement. Further delay [in the settlement] would only call into question the commitment of the sides to reach an agreement.”