In an interview with journalists after the government session on May 5, Secretary of the Security Council Armen Grigoryan said that one of the issues on the agenda of the peace treaty is the recognition of each other’s sovereignty.

“Of course, we note that back in 1992 Armenia and Azerbaijan recognized each other’s sovereign territories and sovereignty within the CIS, however there were other developments in the future, but Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to recognize each other’s territorial integrity.”

Touching upon the fact that the Azerbaijani side continues to declare that some territories of Armenia are Azerbaijani, Armen Grigoryan said that such statements don’t contribute to the formation of the peace agenda and work in a calm atmosphere.

“We hope that there will be as few such statements as possible,” he said.

According to Grigoryan, Armenia proposed to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh problem with its six points so that a comprehensive peace treaty could be signed.

“At the moment, our approach is that these 2 packages (5-point proposals of Azerbaijan and 6-point proposals of Armenia – ed.) should be connected and negotiations on a peace treaty should begin in order to also find a long-term solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh problem. The priority is to find a solution to the issues of security, protection and rights of our compatriots living in Artsakh, according to which the status of Nagorno-Karabakh should be formed,” Armen Grigoryan said.