The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia admitted that Yerevan refused to participate in the meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia, and Armenia, which was supposed to be held in Moscow on December 23, Report informs via Sputnik Armenia.
The situation on Lachin road was cited as an excuse for it.
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said that a tripartite meeting of foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia, and Armenia was planned to be held in Moscow on December 23. But Armenia refused to participate in the meeting.
The protest rally against the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits in Karabakh on the Khankandi-Lachin road has been going on for the eleventh day.
As a result of discussions held with the command of the Russian peacekeeping contingent on December 3 and 7, 2022, a team of experts from the Ministry of Economy, the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources, the State Service for Real Estate Affairs under the Ministry of Economy and AzerGold Closed Joint Stock Company was supposed to conduct preliminary monitoring regarding the illegal exploitation of mineral deposits and the resulting ecological and other consequences in the territories of Azerbaijan, where the Russian peacekeeping contingent is temporarily stationed. However, due to the inactivity of the peacekeepers, the monitoring did not happen.