“We are ready to start the process of demarcation and delimitation, we are waiting for a positive signal from Azerbaijan in this regard. It seems that they made such a statement at the UN in September, but we cannot move forward on this part,” this was announced by Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan in an interview with journalists after the government session.
Grigoryan noted that he could not say why Azerbaijan doesn’t begin the process of demarcation and delimitation.
“The process of the first demarcation of the Soviet years began precisely in the 1920s -in 1926-1927, which ended in 1929, the basis of the maps formed later was the map of those times,” Grigoryan said speaking about being guided by the maps of the Soviet Union in the work on the demarcation and demarcation of the border.
According to the Secretary of the Security Council the working group on Demarcation and Delimitation is discussing how to start the process, which map to take as a basis, at the moment it is unclear if there will be any specifics on this part, the public will know about it.
“The main map, which has a legal basis, is a map of the 1920s, which some say is from 1926, and some say is from 1929. There is no single approach to this issue, but the main map is this.”
According to him, the maps that should form the basis of the negotiations have become the subject of discussion in the working group.
Speaking about the terms of the presence of Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh, Armen Grigoryan said that the Russian peacekeeping forces will remain longer.
“The infrastructures that are being created for the peacekeeping forces in Artsakh make it possible to assume that the Russian peacekeeping forces will stay longer.”
When asked whether Armenia can protect Artsakh without Russia, the head of the Security Council replied: “At the moment we are discussing the issue of joint security.”
Grigoryan also touched upon the Armenian-Turkish relations.
“We are discussing with our Russian colleagues how we can move forward in this process.
It will be more effective if we start these works, since both we and the Turkish side have noted that there are positive signals, and we can start normalizing relations.”
Armen Grigoryan assured that the working group at the level of deputy Prime Ministers has fixed that all unblocked roads will be the sovereign territory of that state.
When asked whether the Secretary of the Security Council can say that Artsakh will never be part of Azerbaijan, Grigoryan replied: “It has been said many times. Artsakh will never be part of Azerbaijan.”
Referring to the statement by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the National Assembly that the Armenian Armed Forces retreated from their positions on his order, the Secretary of the Security Council said: “This decision was made taking into account all the factors, both the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff took part in the discussion. The conclusion was based on a multilateral discussion.”
