Attempts to question the tripartite agreements between the leaders of Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan in 2020-2022 are extremely dangerous. Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), expressed such a view at Wednesday’s press briefing—and in response to a reporter’s question.

"We [i.e. Russia] are pushing the [two] parties [i.e. Armenia and Azerbaijan] to resolve this issue. But, as you understand, this is probably really quite difficult to do without the implementation of these agreements reached on urgent issues," Zakharova said.

The Russian MFA spox emphasized that Moscow considers the tripartite agreements between the heads of Armenia, Russia, and Azerbaijan still valid.

"Now, regarding your claims, although no, you asked if we consider the tripartite statement to be valid. Yes, we [i.e. Russia] assume that the tripartite agreements of the leaders of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan that were reached during that period from 2020 to 2022 as before, they form the basis of Armenian-Azerbaijani reconciliation. And we believe that there is no alternative," she said.

Zakharova added that she does not know whether someone in Armenia has officially abandoned those agreements, or made an official statement that those documents are no longer valid. She noted that they will make a comment about it later, but at the moment they have not heard anything like that in Moscow.

According to the Russian MFA spokesperson, these agreements include all key ways for normalizing of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

"Let me remind that these agreements cover all key ways for normalizing of relations between Baku and Yerevan, including the development of a peace treaty, border delimitation, border demarcation, unblocking of transport communications in the region, and development of contacts through civil society," said the Russian MFA spox.