Putin and Pashinyan discussed the Lachin corridor, and the day before there was a trilateral meeting

Baku/27.12.22/Turan: On December 26, within the framework of the CIS summit in St. Petersburg, a trilateral meeting of the leaders of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan was held, the  Russian President Vladimir Putin said on December 27 at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. “We started yesterday, and the three of us managed to talk: of course, the main issue is the settlement of the situation in the South Caucasus as a whole, Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, everything related to Karabakh. So, as we agreed, we will discuss all these issues in detail," the message on the website of the President of Russia reads.

In turn, Pashinyan said: “Of course, you are right: at the moment, the main, most operational issue is the crisis that we have in the Lachin corridor. You know, the Lachin corridor has been blocked for almost 20 days. This is the zone of responsibility of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh.”

Further, he recalled the tripartite statement of the leaders of the three countries, according to which the Lachin corridor should be under the control of Russian peacekeepers.

“Now it turns out that the Lachin corridor is not under the control of Russian peacekeepers. Of course, I would like to discuss this situation, what options are there,” Pashinyan said.

Official Baku did not report on a trilateral meeting with the participation of Ilham Aliyev. Before the summit, Russian presidential spokesman Peskov also said that a trilateral meeting was not planned. ---02D---