Armenian premier reportedly refused meeting with Azerbaijani  president 

ArmInfo. Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy 

Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, has stated that Baku evaluates Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's refusal to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in London as a 

'withdrawal from the peace agenda'.

This meeting, proposed by the host of the European Political 

Community (EPC), Great Britain, was intended to advance the peace 

agenda between the two nations.

 

 

"The UK, which hosts the European Political Community Summit, 

proposed to hold such a meeting, and it was suggested to be in the 

format of the meeting held between the President of the Republic of 

Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia at the Munich Security 

Conference," Azerbaijani mass media report quoting Hajiyev as 

stating. 

 

 

"Thus, during the Munich Security Conference, German Chancellor Olaf 

Scholz participated at the beginning of the meeting, and then the 

meeting continued in a bilateral format between Azerbaijan and 

Armenia. The UK offered the same format as the host.

 

 

But the Armenian side refused. So that, the meeting would begin with 

the participation of the British Prime Minister, and then it was 

supposed to continue between Azerbaijan and Armenia in a bilateral 

format. We consider Armenia's rejection of this meeting as a 

manifestation of its intention to withdraw from the dialogue and the 

advancement of the peace agenda.

 

 

While Armenia talks about peace on various platforms, it is in no way 

understandable that it refuses a meeting which serves to advance the 

peace agenda, and the international community itself should see that 

Armenia rejects possibilities of dialogue instead of appreciating 

 them.  We, on our part, appreciate such a peace initiative from 

Great Britain," he added.