What happened in White House was historic event - Ararat Mirzoyan 

ArmInfo.  What happened in the White House was certainly a historic event, Armenian FM Ararat Mirzoyan stated. 

"First of all, I mean the initialing of the Agreement on  Establishment of Peace and Inter- State Relations, which was a highly  important milestone in the Armenia-Azerbaijan normalization process.  The initialing and subsequent public statements signaled that peace  has already been established in terms of absence of border  escalations, and basically the phase of institutionalization of peace  is beginning.

"By and large the same goes for the unblocking and relaunching of  infrastructures. I wouldn't want to create a misconception: a very  important, fundamental phase of negotiations around the general  principles for launching infrastructures was completed, yet only one  phase. There's still huge work to be done toward clarifying and  finalizing specific terms and technical solutions.

"I would like to add that the agreements enshrined in the Washington  declaration obviously gain higher significance through US  participation in it and the US President's signature as a witness."

On August 9, the leaders of the United States, Armenia and Azerbaijan  signed a joint declaration aimed at resolving the conflict between  Yerevan and Baku.