Famous Russian journalist joins Armenia-Azerbaijan Platform for Peace

By Azernews

By Rashid Shirinov

A growing number of people keep joining the Armenia-Azerbaijan Platform for Peace, created by Azerbaijan to accelerate the process of peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through the people’s diplomacy.

The Russian political analyst, editor of the Investigative Service of the Interstate socio-political television and radio magazine "World Community", Denis Korkodinov, announced about joining the Platform on June 6.

“Peace, happiness and brotherhood among people – that’s what we need in this world. I think it is important to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict only by peaceful means,” the statement reads.

Korkodinov expressed his respect and support to territorial integrity and sovereignty of the conflicting countries. He also emphasized the necessity of implementation of resolutions adopted by the UN Security Council, as well as resolutions and decisions of different international organizations.

“Also, I would like to note the importance of efforts of the OSCE Minsk Group regarding the settlement of the conflict,” Korkodinov stated.

Korkodinov stated that the peace initiative is a very important step to resolve the conflict. “Therefore, I make a statement about joining the Armenia-Azerbaijan Platform for Peace, which is aimed at a peaceful settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and restoring and preserving peace in the South Caucasus,” he concluded.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Platform was founded on December 6 in Baku 2016 by a group of Azerbaijani and Armenian public figures and peacekeepers. It was created to bring together representatives of civil society of the two countries for creating dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the sides to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

However, this initiative was negatively perceived by the Armenian government, which started persecution of those Armenians who joined the Platform.

Nevertheless, the Platform for Peace continues to gain strength as increasing number of people from around the world, including Armenia, joins it.