Russia takes note of Armenia, Azerbaijan's "constructive" stanceMarch 12, 2021 - 16:37 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia and Azerbaijan show a constructive attitude within the activity of the trilateral working group (Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan - Ed.) on Nagorno-Karabakh, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, told a briefing on Friday, March 12, TASS reports. "We take note of the generally constructive attitude demonstrated by both Baku and Yerevan within the trilateral working group chaired by the vice-premiers of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan," the diplomat said. Zakharova recalled that the main task of the working group is to implement the agreements reached by the leaders of the three countries to unblock all economic and transport links in the region. "We expect that the same focus on the positive and the search for mutually acceptable points of contact will prevail both in official comments and within the media in Azerbaijan and Armenia," Zakharova added. The Deputy PMs first meet in person on January 30 in Moscow to discuss new transport communications that would link Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan. New rail and road routes in the South Caucasus will connect the Azerbaijani Autonomous Republic of Nakhichevan with the rest of the country, for which a road will be built through the territory of Armenia. There will also be road and rail routes through the territory of Azerbaijan to connect Armenia to Russia. Top stories The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says. London’s Armenian community has been left feeling “under attack” after the city’s Genocide monument was vandalised. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. Armenia to sing in 2nd semi-final of Eurovision The organizers of Eurovision 2024 have revealed the running order of the countries in the two semi-finals. |