During the recent meeting of the Azerbaijani, Armenian and Russian presidents the parties issued a joint statement saying that they are ready to speed up preparation for signing an agreement. However, no concrete steps were made. VK asked Andrey Areshev, the head of the Strategic Research Center, to comment on the situation.
"This meeting was a very important one. It's good that the parties managed to arrange this meeting. I believe that this meeting is especially important from the point of view of the recent developments in the Middle East. In today's circumstances, Russia is interested in both Azerbaijan and Armenia," the expert says.
According to him, Russia's good relations with both countries will allow for a settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
