Azerbaijan`s decision to lift restrictions on cargo transit to  Armenia demonstrates established peace between two countries - NA  Speaker

ArmInfo.  Azerbaijan's decision to lift restrictions on cargo transit to Armenia  demonstrates the established peace between the two countries, as  stated by Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia, in a conversation with journalists on October  22.

He expressed confidence that there will be no shortage of such  bilateral steps in the near future. "I welcome the statement by the  President of Azerbaijan on this issue. There are still some issues,  and we hope for their speedy resolution," the Speaker said.

Addressing the issue of Armenian prisoners of war held in Baku  prisons, Simonyan assured that this topic is always present,  including during the Speaker's most recent meeting with his  Azerbaijani counterpart, Sahiba Gafarova. Furthermore, as the Speaker  of the National Assembly noted, he has raised the issue of Armenian  prisoners at the Inter-Parliamentary Union meeting. Overall, the  Speaker praised his meeting with Gafarova, with one of the main  topics of conversation being the two countries' parliaments'  assistance in preparing the Armenian and Azerbaijani publics for  peace. "My impression is that my Azerbaijani counterpart also has a  similar perception of the further development of the peace agenda. We  had a very warm meeting, and we agreed to discuss mechanisms for  cooperation, and this is not a long-term perspective. The parties  believe that all of this must be done as quickly as possible and on a  larger scale," Simonyan noted, adding that the Azerbaijani side has  once again assured that it does not intend to resort to any military  action against Armenia.