Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan has announced that Armenia and Azerbaijan are in talks to advance the process of state border delimitation, currently focusing on technical aspects. Speaking at the APRI-2025 conference during a panel titled "Finding Stability in an Unstable World," Grigoryan provided updates on the progress.
According to him, the last meeting between the two sides occurred in January 2025, when the deputy prime ministers of both countries agreed to resume the delimitation process from the Armenia-Azerbaijan-Georgia border junction, Armenpress reports.
"Talks are ongoing. We’re discussing the technical details of how to proceed with the delimitation process," said Grigoryan, emphasizing that any further updates would be communicated to the public by the Armenian government.
Grigoryan noted that diplomatic and consultative efforts are underway to clarify the technical issues between the parties.
"Armenia is committed to making progress, and it’s clear that we want to sign a peace agreement. We often hear arguments that such an agreement is not in Armenia’s interests, but that’s not true. Armenia does want to sign it," the Secretary stressed.
Addressing the topic of unblocking transport routes in the South Caucasus, Grigoryan highlighted the importance of implementing the "Crossroads of Peace" initiative.
"Armenia’s position is that unblocking communication routes should happen within the frameworks of sovereignty, jurisdiction, reciprocity, and equality. We are ready to engage in discussions within this framework. The 'Crossroads of Peace' agenda has been actively discussed both with the Armenian public and with international partners. We are now seeing growing interest and stronger support for this project. Armenia is ready to continue work on unblocking in the spirit of the 'Crossroads of Peace' logic," he said.
He added that, under this framework, all infrastructure passing through Armenian territory would remain under the control of the country’s relevant authorities.
In a January 31 press conference, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia had made clear proposals to Azerbaijan on unblocking regional communication routes and is awaiting a response. He described a rail connection via Meghri between Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan as a cheap and realistic option and proposed a railway link from Yeraskh through Nakhichevan to Meghri and vice versa.