2024-07-27 04:45:00
On February 7, RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in The Hague, participated in a round-table discussion at one of the prestigious analytical centers of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the “Klingendeel” Institute of International Relations. Representatives of expert circles and journalist-analysts were present at the discussion, the MFA reports.
The message states:
“During the discussion, Minister Mirzoyan thoroughly presented the current security situation in the South Caucasus, the features of the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Reference was made to the process of negotiations on the draft peace agreement. Minister Mirzoyan noted, on the one hand, the steps and proposals made by RA towards the agreement of the project, and on the other hand, Azerbaijan’s aspirations to delay the process.
Minister Mirzoyan emphasized the need for the unequivocal recognition of territorial integrity and the need to ensure maximum certainty for the further process of demarcation based on the Alma-Ata Declaration and the latest legitimate maps of the USSR. In the context of unblocking the regional transport and economic channels, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia emphasized the inadmissibility of any “corridor” logic for the Republic of Armenia and repeatedly voiced his willingness to provide the necessary facilitated mechanisms that will operate exclusively under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the Republic of Armenia. In this context, reference was made to the “Crossroads of Peace” concept developed by the RA government, that is, the creation of effective ways and conditions connecting the North with the South and the East with the West, also as a guarantee of stability in the South Caucasus.
Minister Mirzoyan also answered questions of interest to the attendees. Referring to the deepening of the RA-EU partnership, the minister noted that RA’s relations with the European integration structure are based on common values and democratic principles, include the effective implementation of the RA-EU comprehensive and expanded partnership agreement, as well as the development of new directions of cooperation.
Minister Mirzoyan referred to the steps taken by the RA government to address the needs and rights of the Armenian population forcibly displaced from their homeland as a result of ethnic cleansing by Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh.”