YEREVAN.  – Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian said official Baku does not like concrete proposals.

His comments came in response to Azerbaijani FM's remark about expecting concrete proposals from France in the context of Francois Hollande's initiative to host the meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders.

“Baku does not like concrete proposals. The Azerbaijani side has not welcomed the statements made by co-chairs, including on such issues as strengthening of ceasefire regime, removal of snipers, creation of mechanisms to investigate incidents along the line of contact,” Nalbandian said during his joint press conference with Russian FM Sergey Lavrov.

He noted that the proposals reflected in five statements of the presidents of Minsk Group co-chairing states are not approved by Baku.
 
For his part, Minister Lavrov said Russia us supporting any efforts that will bring the settlement closer.

“We believe that the French partners are putting forward the ideas that enable to make practical the previously proposed principles. Russia believes that the more regular meetings are, the greater momentum the peace process will have,” Lavrov said.