Armenia is currently making efforts to normalize its relations with Azerbaijan, Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of CIS Security Council, stated in his speech at the tenth session of CIS Security Councils Secretaries, reports the office of the Security Council of Armenia.

He particularly noted:

"The work of the commissions on border demarcation and security, the formation of which was agreed on November 26, 2021 during the trilateral meeting of the Prime Minister of Armenia, the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and in Sochi, has an important significance in the settlement process.

Two meetings of the commissions have already been held. The third will be held in the coming days.

The fundamental documents of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the United Nations play a significant role in this process. In particular, in the early days of the creation of the CIS, on December 21, 1991, the Alma-Ata Declaration was adopted, according to which our states recognized each other's territorial integrity and inviolability of existing borders.

Just two days ago, on October 31, the trilateral meeting of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia in Sochi adopted a statement according to which the parties "agreed to refrain from the threat or use of force, to discuss and resolve all disputes exclusively on the basis of mutual recognition of the sovereignty, territorial integrity and inviolability of borders in accordance with the UN Charter and the Alma-Ata Declaration of 1991.

Through the mediation of the president of France and the head of the European Council, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed at the October 6 meeting in Prague that during border demarcation the parties would use the CIS and UN documents, according to which the former administrative borders of Soviet republics became state borders between already independent countries, including Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Recognition of this fact is extremely important for ensuring stability and security not only on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, but also in the entire CIS space.

We stress the importance of establishing commissions on border demarcation and security. However, this does not mean that there are no borders at all, as they sometimes try to present it.

The claim that borders do not exist is very dangerous and irresponsible. It blurs such fundamental notions as sovereignty and territorial integrity and opens the way to aggressive actions.

Existing CIS and UN documents confirm the fact that the Armenian-Azerbaijani border was demarcated in Soviet times. Consequently, there was an invasion of Azerbaijani troops on the sovereign territory of Armenia, and these troops must leave its territory".