Wednesday, September 30 2020 18:20

ArmInfo. There was no trilateral meeting of Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian diplomats at the Russian Foreign Ministry. This was announced on Wednesday by the  official representative of the Russian diplomatic service Maria  Zakharova in an interview with TASS.

"As for yesterday's meeting with the ambassadors of Azerbaijan and  Armenia [Polad Bulbuloglu and Vardan Toghanyan], it was not a joint  one. There were two meetings, they were held separately. Press  releases were published on their results, we and the ambassadors  themselves gave a detailed commentary on this account, "she said.

Commenting on the sequence of meetings with the ambassadors,  Zakharova stressed that in acute situations this protocol issue fades  into the background. "Traditionally, at forums, summits, and so on,  either some special order is established, or the alphabet order is  simply used. In this situation, the situation itself, the drama still  presupposes an orientation toward resolving the issue rather than the  protocol part. Everyone understands this , the ambassadors understand  this too, so there were no misunderstandings on this issue, "she  stressed.

The diplomat noted that the meetings were not held in the traditional  format, since they were attended not only by representatives of the  Russian Foreign Ministry, but also by the Ministry of Internal  Affairs. "In particular, there was the First Deputy Minister of  Internal Affairs of our country (Alexander Gorovoy), and Mr. (Andrey)  Rudenko, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was present from the  Foreign Ministry," she explained.  As Zakharova pointed out, at the  meetings they discussed the situation around Nagorno-Karabakh, but  mainly the question was raised about the reaction of the Azerbaijani  and Armenian Diasporas. "These events really struck them in their  hearts, considering the number of victims, destruction of civil and  military infrastructure. The situation, as you understand, is tense,  it finds a very lively response," she said. "And this is not only  about the diasporas that live in the territory of Russia, but also  about those who live abroad and at the same time come from the  post-Soviet space and are Russian-speaking. They also turn to us with  questions. "