Grigoryan says Armenia ready for signing peace treaty with Azerbaijan
YEREVAN, October 10. /ARKA/. Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan hopes for a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in the near future.
Speaking at a conference in Brussels today titled 'Strategic Future of Armenia; Armenia and Europe', he said Armenia is ready for signing a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.
'The incumbent Armenian government received a mandate to sign a peace treaty as a result of the snap parliamentary elections in 2021,' he said adding that it is important that the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan is specified, territorial integrity of both countries is publicly recognized, and transport links are unblocked based on the principles of sovereignty and jurisdiction of each country.
"With this agenda, Armenia is ready to continue negotiations, come to Brussels, to reach a final agreement and to sign a peace treaty," he said.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev refused to visit Spain's Granada for a planned meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on October 5-6 on the margins of the European Political Community summit, which was also to be attended by the leaders of EU, French and Germany.
According to the Azerbaijani side, Aliyev refused to travel to Granada because of "the destructive position of France, as well as the opposition of Paris and Berlin to the participation of the Turkish president in that meeting".
European Council President Charles Michel announced in Granada that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan would meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev later, before the end of October in Brussels.
On October 25, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar said that the meeting between Pashinyan and Aliyev scheduled for the end of October in Brussels would l not take place, citing "lack of time" as the reason.
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said it was obvious that "it is the Azerbaijani president that lacked time.’--0-
