PreferredCIS and Russia are interested in resolution of the Karabakh conflict and do their utmost to achieve it, said CIS Executive Secretary Sergei Lebedev.
“Recently, in Astrakhan, the presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan under the mediation of the President of the Russian Federation have agreed to exchange dead bodies of servicemen, and it almost became the first steps for rapprochement of positions. These are small steps, but at the same time, we are discussing the liberation of the occupied territories, creating a corridor between Azerbaijan and Nakhichivan, Karabakh and Armenia,” the Azerbaijani Trend agency quotes Lebedev.
Armenian, Azerbaijani and Russian leaders met in Astrakhan on October 27. The joint statement reads, “The Armenian and Azerbaijani presidents agreed that their first step would be an immediate exchange of prisoners of war and the return of the bodies of those killed. This would be organized with the help of the co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group and the International Committee of the Red Cross.”
