ArmInfo. Armenia proposed to Azerbaijan to hold a meeting of the delimitation commission, and there is an agreement in principle to hold the meeting, Armenia's Premier Nikol Pashinyan stated at a Cabinet meeting on Thursday.
"As for Armenia-Azerbaijan relations, our position remains the same: we must make every effort to establish peace and conclude an agreement on the normalization of relations. Next week, the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place in Washington, and our delegation is leaving for the United States with this in mind.
"Armenia is also ready to unblock the transport and economic routes of the region as soon as possible under the principles of sovereignty, jurisdiction and reciprocity of the parties," the premier said.
In an interview with journalists, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan stated that there is a consensus that the process of deblocking transport communications begins with the resumption of operation of the Yeraskh-Julfa-Meghri-Horadiz railway. According to him, there is also a final perception that regulations should be in the jurisdiction and sovereignty of the countries through which the railway will pass (this was also confirmed by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk earlier - ed.). At the same time, according to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Azerbaijani side agrees with this option, since it has been repeatedly stated that this issue will not be discussed in another format. "If there are meetings and discussions, it means that this perception is shared by all participants, at least on our tripartite platform," Mher Grigoryan said.
As to whether the FSB of Russia will exercise control over transport communications between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the event of a future unblocking, the Armenian Deputy Prime Minister clarified that if paragraph 9 of the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020 is quoted, then it refers to the Border Troops as part of the FSB . There will be discussions about the functions of the border troops of the FSB of the Russian Federation, he said.