We are grateful to the civilian mission of EU monitors, to the countries that have sent that mission here, and we hope that these monitors will be here at least until the peace treaty is signed [with Azerbaijan]. Speaker of the National Assembly (NA) of Armenia, Alen Simonyan, stated this speaking with reporters at the NA Wednesday.

"It often happened that Azerbaijan was stating that the Armenian side is moving troops or preparing for attacks, [but] those European monitors come and record that it is not so. Then we'll see, maybe we won't need it later," added Simonyan.