The frequent meetings of Armenian and Azerbaijani Presidents is a positive move in the Karabakh negotiation process, which creates prerequisites to seek solutions, MP from Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Karen Avagyan told Armenian News-NEWS.am, commenting on the  presidential meeting in Sochi.

Referring to the Presidents’ joint statement, particularly the second point, which underlines the necessity for settling all the disputable issues in peaceful means and investigating possible incidents along the line of contact, Avagyan said. “In fact, this is progress in the peace process, as many problems arise due to violation of ceasefire by Azerbaijani snipers. This point will create prerequisites for an unbiased investigation of those responsible for the frequent skirmishes in the line of contact,” the MP stressed.

Upon the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation, the Presidents of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan met on March 5, 2011 in Sochi and discussed in detail the process and the prospects of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution.

1. To conclude in the shortest possible period of time the exchange of the prisoners of war,

2. To strive to solve all contentious issues through peaceful means and to conduct along the cease-fire line an investigation with the participation of the parties under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs and with the assistance of the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office regarding probable incidents.

The Presidents stressed the importance of their regular meetings on the resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and agreed to continue them in the present format and further to the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group.