Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan today attended the ninth meeting of the Secretaries of Security Councils of the CIS, as reported the Security Council Bureau of Armenia.

The risks emerging from the territory of Afghanistan, the cooperation of CIS countries in the migration and humanitarian sectors, as well as the key issues of security that have emerged as a result of the development of biotechnology were pinpointed and discussed during the meeting, and the CIS countries expressed their willingness to expand the scope of cooperation.

In his speech, Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan touched upon the invasion of Azerbaijani troops of the territory of Republic of Armenia and the current situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. He particularly stated that Azerbaijan not only fails to maintain the ceasefire regime, but also fails to implement the agreements that have been reached. Grigoryan added that Armenia views Azerbaijan’s hostilities as an act targeted against Armenia’s territorial integrity.

The Secretary of the Security Council emphasized that Armenia stays committed to the peace process and is ready to launch the process of delimitation and demarcation, but alongside this, it will resolutely retaliate after any military aggression.

In regard to the unblocking of communications, Grigoryan stated that Armenia attaches great importance to the format of the Deputy Prime Ministers and is ready to put in all efforts to implement, in an unobstructed manner, the agreements reached on November 9, 2020 and January 11, 2021.