International movement to solve the Karabakh crisis ... Armenia declares its readiness for "painful" reciprocal concessions, and Azerbaijan welcomes despite its doubts.

Armenia declared its readiness for "painful" mutual concessions in Karabakh. Azerbaijan also expressed its readiness to negotiate in Moscow despite its doubts, while Turkey and Russia are seeking to find a solution to this conflict.

The Armenian Prime Minister - Nikol Pashinyan - told the island that "Armenia is ready for mutual concessions, and mutual concessions are always painful. What does a mutual concession mean? I kind of readiness to retreat from the line that I drew for yourself, is willing to go down a little."

"Armenia can recognize the independence of Karabakh at any time, but we are interested in the recognition of the international community," he stressed.

Pashinyan added that the problem lies in the incompatibility between the two parties, and said, "When Armenia agrees to that criterion in order to find an acceptable ground for negotiation, that standard becomes unacceptable for Azerbaijan."

Pashinyan accused Azerbaijan of providing false information to its people that the war will end with its victory, considering that this will not happen, and that Azerbaijan will indulge in the war more as long as it refuses to give the Karabakh people their right to self-determination.

He also considered that his country's relationship with the region is not linked to the land but to its inhabitants, and that the solution to the issue must be accepted by the peoples of the region and Armenia, and the people of Azerbaijan as well.

"There are Pakistani battalions taking part in the fighting on the side of Azerbaijan," the Prime Minister of Armenia added, "I am pleased that Arab countries have taken strategic steps to prevent Turkey's expansionist policy."

Speaking to Al Jazeera, Pashinyan also said that he understands Russia's neutral position because it is a co-chair of the Minsk Group, but he also considered it a strategic ally of Armenia, and that it would abide by its security duties towards it in case of necessity.

Pashinyan: Armenia can recognize the independence of Karabakh at any time, but it is important for us to recognize this by the international community (Reuters)

Doubts of Azerbaijan

On the other hand, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said, "I am ready to negotiate with Pashinyan in Moscow, but I am confident that Yerevan will not be able to solve the conflict."

Hikmat Hajiyev, the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, said - through his Twitter account - that the number of victims of the bombing that targeted the city of Barda, near the Karabakh region, had risen to 20, in addition to dozens of wounded.

Sources stated that the bombing targeted the city market and residential neighborhoods.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated that Armenia is anticipating the Geneva negotiations by committing what it described as bloody crimes, which reflects its unwillingness to have any peaceful solution to the crisis, as it puts it.

For its part, the authorities of the Karabakh region, which is not recognized internationally, denied targeting civilians, and accused the Azerbaijani army of bombing residential areas in the region.

Effects of the Armenian bombing on the city of Barda (Anatolia)

International movement

This comes against the background of Iranian moves and Turkish contacts with officials in Baku, with the aim of reaching a ceasefire and finding a political solution to the crisis.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that he had agreed with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday, to work together to find a solution to the conflict, so that Putin would hold his talks with Pashinyan and Erdogan would meet with Aliyev.

He added that he had suggested to Putin the formation of delegations and a meeting of the foreign ministers of the two countries, but first of all it should be agreed on having the real desire to resolve the conflict.

And Erdogan added - during the meeting of the representative bloc of the Justice and Development Party in Parliament in Ankara - “Putin told me that you are sending soldiers from the Middle East and Syria to Azerbaijan, so I told him that our intelligence information indicates that about two thousand PKK terrorists have joined (the Kurdistan Workers Party). ) With the classes of Armenia for a monthly salary of $ 600, and most of them were effective in Syria.

And he considered that the Armenian occupation of the lands of Azerbaijan has been going on for 30 years, and that the Minsk group (the United States, Russia and France) did nothing during this period except delay, according to him.

The Turkish president believed that this situation prompted Azerbaijan to respond to the "recent Armenian aggression by launching a military campaign to liberate its occupied lands."

For his part, Abbas Arachi, Assistant to the Iranian Foreign Minister, said that the Iranian initiative to settle the conflict seeks to end the occupation of Azerbaijani lands, stabilize lasting peace, settle the dispute and launch political negotiations between the two parties.

He added - in a statement after his arrival in Baku as an envoy to Iran to resolve the crisis - that the participation of influential countries in ending the conflict is important in the settlement, and that his country will consult with the countries of the region to reach positive results.