The exchange of prisoners of war in Nagorno Karabakh will continue, this issue has not been resolved yet, the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.

“RIA Novosti” news agency reported.

“Unfortunately, today we have not been able to resolve the issue of prisoners of war. This is the most sensitive, painful issue. We have agreed to continue working in this direction. In particular, we believe that the eighth point of our joint statement is not fully implemented. I hope we will be able to reach a concrete decision as soon as possible,” Pashinyan said after a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Moscow.

It should be noted that the meeting of RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev ended in the Kremlin.

Earlier, Mane Gevorgyan informed that the pre-planned agenda of the trilateral meeting is of economic nature, which refers to the opening of regional communications, international cargo transportation, including from Armenia to the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, as well as from central parts of Armenia via Nakhichevan to Syunik region.

“The Azerbaijani side and some Armenian circles are constantly circulating the topic of the so-called “Meghri Corridor”, but as it has been mentioned many times, the trilateral statement of 9 November does not include any provision on creating a corridor through Meghri or Armenia.

For the Armenian side, however, the issue of the return of the captives, the search and rescue operations of our soldiers left in the rear of the Azeris, the search for the bodies of the victims, the fate of the missing are crucial. Without a solution to these issues or significant progress, it will be extremely difficult to effectively discuss the economic agenda, and the Armenian side considers the discussion of this issue one of the key topics of the Moscow meeting.

I would also like to emphasize that Moscow does not plan to sign a document on the settlement of the Karabakh issue or any territorial issue. If it is possible to reach an agreement on the issues on the agenda, ie economic issues, the exchange of prisoners, the issue of missing persons, it is possible to sign a joint statement on the results of the meeting,” Mane Gevorgyan said.