Armenia`s chief diplomat is cautiously optimistic about upcoming  meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart in Almaty

ArmInfo.Armenia is committed to the peace agenda with Azerbaijan and is involved in the negotiation  process in a constructive and conscientious manner. 

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated at a press  conference in Budapest on May 6.  "We are confident that achieving  final peace truly comes from the interests of Armenia and Azerbaijan.  I would also like to express cautious optimism in connection with the  upcoming negotiations at the level of heads of foreign affairs  departments in Almaty in the coming days," Mirzoyan noted, answering  a question from an Azerbaijani journalist about expectations from  Almaty meeting, scheduled for May 10, and how successful these kinds  of so-called "ping-pong" meetings are.

At the same time, Mirzoyan drew the journalist's attention to the  fact that thanks to these "ping-pong" meetings or diplomacy, it was  possible to reach agreement on numerous issues. He added that  parallel processes are taking place at different platforms: the  delimitation process has already begun, the principle of their  implementation has been agreed upon, the heads of the two states have  come to a common denominator on a number of key issues, including the  recognition of each other's territorial integrity on the basis of the  Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991.

"I am confident that my Azerbaijani counterpart and I will be able to  clearly reflect all of these in the peace agreement and after that,  we will be very close to a final peaceful settlement," the head of  the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.

At the same time, he admitted that, of course, there are still a  number of unresolved issues, including the issue of opening transport  routes. "Here we do not yet have a common understanding. But Armenia  is interested in starting communications and transport links with  Azerbaijan on the basis of the national sovereignty of the countries,  on the principles of reciprocity," the chief diplomat of Armenia  noted, adding that if all of these can be secured in a peace treaty,  then it will be possible to say that the parties will be close to the  final goal.

In conclusion, he expressed gratitude to the Hungarian side for the  humanitarian assistance provided to the Armenian side.