Armenian FM describes Baku-Yerevan border delimitation efforts as constructive

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has called the ongoing border delimitation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan as constructive.

Mirzoyan emphasized the significance of border delimitation in the broader peace process during a government hour in parliament, Caliber.Az reports, citing foreign media.

"We are interested in continuing the delimitation process. We consider this one of the most important components of the peace process. Both our side and Azerbaijan made constructive efforts, and we came to a common opinion,” he noted. 

This development follows a recent meeting on January 16 between the heads of the Azerbaijani and Armenian border delimitation commissions, deputy prime ministers Shahin Mustafayev and Mher Grigoryan. The sides held a meeting on the border of the two countries and decided to conduct the next stage of delimitation on the northern section of the border. 

The border delimitation process, which formally began on April 23, 2024, with the installation of border markers, aims to clearly demarcate the international borders between the two countries, starting from the northern section near the junction with Georgia and continuing southward to the border with Iran. Armenia has also agreed to vacate four Azerbaijani border villages it occupied during the 1990s, after the devastating war over Karabakh.

This ongoing cooperation follows the signing of a joint regulation on August 30, 2024, which laid the framework for the efforts.

These talks are part of broader peace-building measures following the 2020 ceasefire that ended the latest conflict over Karabakh, with the aim of ensuring long-term stability and clarity in the region.

By Aghakazim Guliyev