Armenia`s premier speaks of reasons for low progress in peace process 

ArmInfo."Not only there can, but also must be peace. This is my belief, my position, this is what I  believe in. But for this to happen, it is also very important for the international community to be aware of important nuances, to be clear why there isn't progress at a sufficient pace," Armenia's Premier  Nikol Pashinyan said in an interview with Euronews. 

"The document signed on November 9, 2020 is not a peace treaty or  peace deal as you said, in its legal sense. But not so much de jure  as de facto, a number of its provisions are grossly violated. I agree  with you that it can be and it is a certain concept of future peace  architecture.

"But unfortunately, many provisions are regularly violated by  Azerbaijan. You see you mentioned Nagorno Karabakh in your question,  and everyone understands that. But Azerbaijan continues to claim  there is no Nagorno Karabakh, although the November 9 trilateral  statement defines the existence of Nagorno Karabakh as an entity, and  the President of Azerbaijan signed hat statement. Moreover, he agreed  that there is a line of contact in Nagorno Karabakh, and Nagorno  Karabakh has a territory that is the defined paragraph 7 of the  trilateral statement. Moreover, paragraph 7 of the statement provides  that refugees and internally displaces persons shall return to the  territory of Nagorno Karabakh and the adjacent districts under the  auspices of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Unfortunately, to  date Azerbaijan has not secured this right. Moreover, they are  carrying out constructions in a number of villages that the Armenian  population was forced to flee from during the war, and Azerbaijan  declares that it will resettle these territories with Azerbaijanis.

"Let alone that until now, contrary to paragraph 8 of the trilateral  statement, the prisoners of war, captives, hostages, other detained  persons have not been returned. Until recently, there were 33  prisoners, and recently two persons were abducted.

"Now, turning to the Lachin Corridor, which is mentioned in the  trilateral statement, to which you referred, and which is signed by  the President of Azerbaijan, the purpose of which is to ensure a link  between Nagorno Karabakh and the Republic of Armenia, that corridor  must be under the control of Russian peacekeepers. By the way, Lachin  Corridor, is not just a road, I want to draw your attention, it's  5-km wide space, which is currently illegally blocked by Azerbaijan.

"Let me go back to our penultimate meeting in Brussels, when we  agreed, reached an agreement with the President of Azerbaijan in the  presence of European Council President Charles Michel, that Armenia  and Azerbaijan mutually recognize each other's territorial integrity  with 29.800 sq.km in the case of Armenia and 86.600 sq.km in the case  of Azerbaijan. After that, Charles Michel made a statement about  that, after which when an Armenian journalist asked me about it, I  publicly confirmed that fact. Up to this point the President of  Azerbaijan has not publicly confirmed that agreement. He has not  denied it either, but this is a subtlety that creates a certain lack  of trust.

"And we also have an understanding that there should be a dialogue  between Baku and Stepanakert, the capital and main city of Nagorno  Karabakh, about the rights and security of the Armenians of Nagorno  Karabakh in the framework of an international mechanism. And this  dialogue has not taken place so far either. But we need to follow up  for this, we need to work for this, nobody promised that it was going  to be easy to reach peace. If it were easy, it would have been long  ago been achieved," Mr Pashinyan said.