ArmInfo.Official Yerevan hopes for substantial meetings in the near future to discuss a peace agreement with Baku, Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of Armenia’s Security Council, stated in an interview with the Public TV of Armenia.
He disagrees with the opinion that the Baku-Yerevan peace talks are stalemated. In this context, Mr Grigoryan recalled the vice-premiers’ meeting on the border, where they discussed border delimitation, as well as their meeting in Saint Petersburg, where they discussed the unblocking of transport links. According to him, the sides attempted to draw their positions closer.
The next meetings are to take place in Moscow and Brussels. Mr Grigoryan also hopes for a meeting with one of the aides to the president of Azerbaijan. The meeting agenda is under consideration, he said.
“Let us hop for substantial meetings for discussing a peace agreement in thee near future, and we can progress. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working. So let us hope for progress in the near future,” Mr Grigoryan said.
In this context, he highlights the importance of the latest telephone talk between the Armenian and Turkish leaders, which is one more step toward rapprochement between the two nations. During their talk, Nikol Pashinyan and Recep Erdogan discussed issues of cargo transportation and opening of the border for residents of third countries, which was earlier agreed on by the Armenian and Turkish special envoys. Mr Grigoryan believes that the border will be opened in the future for Armenian and Turkish citizens as well.
“We hope and go on discussing the issue with out partners,” he said.
The normalization process is going on without any preconditions, and the public statements on the negotiations fully reflect the context of the negotiations. Armenia is regarding normalization with Turkey as a bilateral process, Mr Grigoryan said.
As regards the implementation of the agreements reached at the special envoys’ latest meeting in Vienna, Mr Grigoryan said that great preparatory work has been carried out, and Armenia’s ruling political team hopes that the agreements will be implemented in the in the shortest possible time. Mr Grigoryan also voiced the opinion that improved economic relations with Turkey will have a positive impact on Armenia’s economy. He hopes that the Pashinyan-Erdogan telephone talk will open up opportunities for meetings between Armenian and Turkish representatives in Armenia and Turkey. Armenia is informing Russia and all its partners of the negotiations. “Since Russian has been involved from the outset, it is being informed of and participating in the whole normalization process,” M Grigoryan said.
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