YEREVAN. - The format of the expected meeting between the Armenian, Russian and Azerbaijani presidents is dictated, Director of the Research Programs of the Armenian Center for National and International Studies (ACNIS), political analyst Manvel Sargsyan, told Armenian News – NEWS.am.

In his words, Russia and Azerbaijan have definitely reached certain agreement on Karabakh. “In fact, the meeting format on Karabakh has been changed, another format being proposed. This is a fact. The OSCE statement that the organization does not deal with that and that it is not the format of the Vienna meeting is indicative of this. It is clear that the results of the Vienna talks, which were held on May 16, are not turning into reality. Azerbaijan has no such wish: as usual, Baku wants to neutralize the Armenian republics by means of Russia,” Sargsyan stressed.

The Vice Speaker of the Armenian parliament also stated that the commitments taken on in Vienna are not implemented, but it’s better to hold talks, even if they are futile, the analyst noted. “That is, a dictated situation has formed. The format of the negotiation process has already been disrupted. To resume the talks, Armenia made a claim on installing incident investigation mechanisms on the Line of Contact.  If this is not in place now, and the Armenian side is going to take part in talks, then this is a dictated meeting,” Sargsyan clarified.

Following the April war, he continued, the Armenian side came up with a non-principled stance, rejecting all its statements, steps and advanced conditions.

Earlier, Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov informed that  Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold separate meetings with the Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents Serzh Sargsyan and Ilham Aliyev in Saint Petersburg on June 20, this being followed by a tripartite meeting on Karabakh.