In response to Russia’s proposal to launch delimitation and demarcation works, Armenia has emphasized the necessity of the Azerbaijani troops’ withdrawal from the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia before starting that work, and then only the conditions will be created for such discussions. Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia, Armen Grigoryan, told this to Armenpress when asked to present Armenia’s position on Russia’s proposal to start delimitation and demarcation between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“We [Armenia] highly appreciate the Russian side’s efforts for contributing to the resolution of the situation, by expressing readiness to continue close cooperation. At the same time, we stress that the complete preservation of territorial integrity cannot be subject of discussion for the Republic of Armenia.

We record that the Azerbaijani side’s latest actions are explicitly aimed at not implementing its own obligations assumed under the November 9, 2020 and  January 11, 2021 statements made by the leaders of the Republic of Armenia, Russian Federation, and Republic of Azerbaijan,” Grigoryan added.