Office of Deputy PM: No agreement has been reached on the monitoring of communication routes by the Russian troops in the territory of Armenia

The office of the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia, Mher Grigoryan, referred to the statement of the Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan, Shahin Mustafayev, that border guards of the Federal Security Service of Russia will guard the communication routes to Nakhichevan on the territory of Armenia. 

In response to the inquiry of Armenpress, the office of Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan replied: “During the discussions of the tripartite working group, including the last meeting, no such agreement was reached. Armenia’s position was and continues to be that the roads provided for in Point 9 of the tripartite statement of November 9, 2020, must operate under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the parties, on the principle of reciprocity.”