"There are some problems": RA Foreign Minister on Yerevan-Baku peace  process 

ArmInfo.Armenia wants to include the Alma-Ata Declaration in the draft peace agreement, but Azerbaijan 

is resisting. RA Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated in an interview with Turkish Anadolu.

As Mirzoyan stated, Yerevan continues negotiations on signing a peace 

agreement with Baku to consolidate stability and peace in the 

Caucasus and the South Caucasus region as a whole.

Noting that there are some problems between the parties and on some 

of them the parties have reached an agreement, Mirzoyan said that the 

approaches of the parties differ on two important issues. Mirzoyan 

said that the first of these problems concerns the principles of 

determining the borders of the two countries, and the second concerns 

regional connections and transport lines.

Mirzoyan once again confirmed the position of the Republic of Armenia 

that "the process of demarcation, which involves demarcation and 

delimitation of  borders, must take place within the framework of the 

Alma-Ata Declaration, signed in 1991."

When asked whether the date for the next meeting of the foreign 

ministers of the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan 

has been determined, Mirzoyan answered negatively. According to him, 

the parties are in constant contact and hope to determine a new date 

for the meeting in the near future.  At the same time, the Armenian 

minister once again confirmed Yerevan's readiness to open regional 

communications as soon as possible. "We are ready to open transport 

routes along all connections and transport lines in the region. First 

of all, the opening of these regional transport links is very 

important for us and will bring us economic benefits," Mirozyan said. 

He also emphasized the economic prospects of the "Crossroads of 

Peace" project proposed by the Armenian authorities.

Armenian Foreign Minister Mirzoyan stated that Armenia is against 

third countries ensuring the security of transport routes passing 

through the Republic of Armenia, recalling that transport routes in 

the region "must be under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the 

country through which they pass." "The principles of equality and 

reciprocity are important. The process must be built on these 

principles," he said.