Member of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Gagik Melikyan expects positive results from the upcoming meeting of the Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian Presidents in Kazan, Russia.

“In my opinion, the progress will be acceptable for the international community, people of Armenia and Nagorno Karabakh,” Melikyan told a press conference in Yerevan.

According to him, the principles for the conflict settlement are almost reconciled, while Azerbaijan can nothing, but accept them, i.e. admit the inevitability of Artsakh’s recognition and start working on the basic agreement.

“I strongly believe that the time will come, when Azerbaijan will have to make decisions acceptable for the international community and compliant with the international law,” he said.

Melikyan also commented on an interview of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, who said that Nagorno Karabakh should have a special status until signing of the final peace agreement, which can take place after a referendum on this territory; and this status should not considerably differ from the current status of NKR.

“A similar serious statement is within the interests of both Armenia and international community,” said Melikyan.

The Presidents of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia – Serzh Sargsyan, Ilham Aliyev and Dmitry Medvedev - are slated to meet on June 5 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.”