Armen Grigoryan: Decision to invite observers from EU was made by  Armenian side

ArmInfo. The West does not force Armenia to commit certain actions. On February 14, Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan stated this to  journalists, commenting on thedeployment of a group of civilian  observers from the countries of the European Union to the  Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

According to the Secretary of the Security Council, the decision to  invite observers from the EU was made by the Armenian side, based on  the experience of May and November 2021, as well as September 2022,  when Azerbaijan committed aggression against the sovereign territory  of Armenia. <Based on the fact that the existing security guarantees  do not work, Yerevan invited the civilian mission of the European  Union in order to create some kind of security guarantee. These  guarantees are limited not only to the military component, even  economic partnerships can provide some elements of security >, the  Secretary of the Security Council emphasized.  Speaking about the  negative reaction of the Russian Federation against this initiative,  Grigoryan noted that he cannot speak on behalf of Moscow. He said  that Yerevan periodically discusses all problematic issues with  Moscow. "We periodically present the position of the Armenian side  and explain why we are taking this or that step. When we say that the  reason is in our experience, we point to attacks by Azerbaijan on the  sovereign territory of Armenia, and this danger remains. To  neutralize the threat, we need to create certain international  guarantees, what we are working on now.," Grigoryan noted. -