YEREVAN. – Azerbaijani authorities are ready for a meeting, but not willing to fulfill arrangements reached at the previos meetings.

In an interview with RIA Novosti Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said “Baku is ready to take part in the meeting of foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia on the Karabakh settlement.” According to him, the idea was voiced at a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. It is a tripartite meeting, but the approximate dates of the meeting are not discussed.

In response to Armenian News - NEWS.am inquiry, the Armenian Foreign Ministry recalled that at a recent press conference Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian voiced the position of the Armenian side regarding the proposal to meet in the sidelines of the forthcoming annual Munich Security Conference. The Minister noted that Armenia supports meetings and expressed his willingness to meet with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs. Meeting with Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan will depend on the behavior of the Azerbaijani side.

It is noteworthy that Baku, declaring readiness to participate in meetings, in fact, refuses to fulfill the arrangements reached during the previous ones. Arrangement on the introduction of investigation mechanisms and expansion of the mandate of the personal representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office remain unfulfilled so far because of Baku’s refusal to implement them.