Pashinyan doubts Baku has real political will for direct dialogue with Stepanakert
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Sunday said he was unsure that Azerbaijan actually has the political will to start direct dialogue with Stepanakert despite Baku’s public statements ARMENPRESS reports.
Asked on the possible launch of an international mechanism for dialogue between Stepanakert and Baku, Pashinyan said that international colleagues are intensively working in this direction.
“First of all, this is the reason that I continue to urge our colleagues in Stepanakert, and also have hope, that they will be involved in that dialogue. Of course, my call is addressed also to Baku, because that dialogue won’t take place if one of the parties doesn’t want it. And unfortunately, it’s not like we can see that desire being fully expressed by Baku,” Pashinyan told reporters.
He noted that Baku, nevertheless, has expressed that desire on the official level. However, several meetings that had been planned eventually failed to take place. “I am not sure that Baku, aside from public statements, actually has real political will to carry out that dialogue,” PM Pashinyan said.
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