“Of course, there will be issues on the agenda related to the demarcation of the border. As a continuation of the first meeting, the working groups will discuss how to move forward in the process. As for the time of day when Deputy Prime Minister Grigoryan will receive information, the message will definitely be published,” said Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia, at a briefing after the June 2 government sitting. He did not say when the second sitting of the commission on demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border will take place.
Answering the question about why the Armenian commission has half the number of members of the Azeri commission, and why it consists only of people appointed by Nikol Pashinyan- there are no cartographers, constitutionalists, and historians- Armen Grigoryan said that the number of the working group is not important, as all issues are interdepartmental discussion.
Before going to the negotiations, the working group prepares. “If there is a deputy minister in the working group, it does not mean that other employees of the ministry do not participate in the preparation of the process. I do not see any problem with the number. As for the specialists, we have discussed with the specialists many times since November 2019.” Journalists also asked the Secretary of the Security Council whether there was any tension in the work of the commission, as a soldier has been killed at the border many times, the last case was on May 28, Armen Grigoryan answered, of course, all incidents at the border have a negative impact on all processes. “The reason is that before starting the demarcation and delimitation processes, we suggested mirror withdrawal for the troops so that there would be stability on the border.
Lusine BUDAGHYAN
