ArmInfo.At the moment, discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the launch of mechanisms for delimitation and demarcation of the border in the process, I have nothing new to say.
On December 6, in an interview with journalists in the parliament, to clarify whether the border delimitation mechanism will actually be launched by the end of this year, as stated by the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia following the Sochi talks chairman of the NA Standing Committee on Foreign Relations MP from the ruling Civil Contract party Eduard Aghajanyan said Eduard Aghajanyan answered.
At the same time, Aghajanyan refused to give any assessment to the statements of Azerbaijan regarding the reason for the cancellation of the meeting between the heads of the RA and AR foreign ministries (Baku argued this with the visit of Armenian MPs to Artsakh, ed. note). In his words, the Armenian side has no comments on this issue.
"The meeting between the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan did not take place because of the Armenian side. Our position on this issue remains the same: the only format in which the Karabakh conflict should be resolved is the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship," he said, having found it difficult to say, why the meeting did not take place? Aghajanyan expressed his conviction that the RA MFA will give a clearer answer to this question.
At the same time, he called it important that Armenia will not back down from its position, in particular, by remaining committed to resolving the issue within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co- chairmanship. "I believe that this circumstance should be strengthened in the domestic political discourse, because this position is shared by almost all the most important players of the international community and the three co-chairing states of the Minsk Group," the MP assured, adding that Armenia is the guarantor of Artsakh's security, as evidenced by the economic projects implemented in the NKR. He assured that there can be no second opinion on this issue, and the visits of officials from Armenia to Artsakh are a secondary matter.
Referring to the activities of the trilateral working group at the level of deputy prime ministers of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the Russian Federation, Aghajanyan stated that these meetings are of a periodic nature. "Naturally, the co-chair countries are trying to find mutually acceptable options, and this process cannot be smooth and easy. The main thing is that this work continues - this is the best proof of the parties' interest in resolving all existing issues," the MP said, adding that it is not difficult guess what issues are being discussed, and each side is trying to advance their interests, in the end the parties must come to a common denominator.
The MP also touched upon another death of a civilian from an Azerbaijani bullet in Artsakh, and agreed that this was a problematic issue. At the same time, he assured that the activities of the Armenian authorities in all possible formats are aimed at stopping such incidents as soon as possible, and a real de- escalation of the situation in the region was ensured. "This is the priority goal of the Government of Armenia. For this, all tools at hand are used. In all formats and at all meetings, the primary and most important subject of discussion is the security and inviolability of the borders of Armenia, as well as the security of the citizens of the republic," Aghajanyan assured. When asked why the Armenian side does not declare that official visits to Artsakh will continue, since in the end this is an Armenian territory and Azerbaijan cannot put such demands on the RA, the pro-government MP replied that at first glance it seems that Armenia should do statements that are desired by some of the public in the country. "However, we must be aware that any speech and statement by the ruling force is fraught with concrete consequences, therefore, every RA official and legislator must be well aware of the weight and consequences of each uttered letter," he summed up.