RA Foreign Minister: There are no secondary issues in draft peace  treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan

ArmInfo. There are no secondary issues in the draft peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan. RA  Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan stated on May 24 during the government hour in the National Assembly.

He noted that part of the draft document is about fundamental and  vital issues, the other part is intended to supplement the first  part. On the second part of the draft document, it is much easier to  reach an understanding. It was possible to come to an agreement on  some points before the meeting of the heads of the foreign affairs  departments of Armenia and Azerbaijan in Washington with the  participation of the US Secretary of State. As a result of the  Washington meeting, 2 more articles were added. But there is also the  third package, which is the most problematic and refers to the most  important issues, on which the parties are still far from  understanding.

In general, analyzing the results of the meetings held in Washington,  Brussels and Moscow, the Armenian Foreign Minister noted that he had  a cautious optimism. "In the course of all the meetings, thorough  negotiations aimed at mutual understanding were held, hich gives rise  to optimism," he said. "By and large, nothing has been agreed until  everything is agreed. We assume that we will continue negotiations  until we agree," Mirzoyan said.

He also noted that for the Armenian side, the "red line" is the  country's borders within 29.8 thousand square kilometers. At the same  time he noted that Yerevan does not represent the final normalization  of relations with Baku in the face of the threat of ethnic cleansing,  the security and rights of the population of Nagorno- Karabakh.  "There are these and other red lines, and negotiations in these areas  continue," the RA Foreign Minister concluded.