Ararat Mirzoyan: We are at the beginning of the road - even if we  sign a peace treaty soon, we still cannot say that everything is over

ArmInfo.Peace is a long process that requires care, concern, and caution in terms of speaking,  in terms of every document.  Armenian Foreign Minister  Ararat Mirzoyan made this statement during the government hour in  Parliament.

Noting that there is a long history of hostility and bloodshed  between the two nations, he emphasized the following: "We are only at  the beginning of the road. Even if we sign a peace treaty soon, we  still cannot say  that everything is over". Mirzoyan noted that at  the moment the parties are not shooting at each other, the risk of  escalation is minimal, but many unresolved problems remain. The  Minister named the issue of prisoners as one of the important ones,  regretfully noting that there is no complete and final solution yet.

"If two countries say that they are establishing peace, then it is  worth resolving humanitarian issues first," Mirzoyan said. In this  vein, the Minister stated that the state's focus is on the release of  prisoners, hostages, and finding out the fate of missing persons. "I  assure you that these works are ongoing today and will not end  tomorrow," the Foreign Minister emphasized.

He also noted that the Republic of Armenia considers the formation of  a constructive environment for cooperation as the most direct and  shortest path to security, development and prosperity. "Here is our  centuries-old friendship with our neighbors - Georgia and Iran,  although we see that not everything is always smooth in international  processes around these countries either. The geopolitical situation  is not clear throughout the world," he noted. At the same time, he  noted that work is underway to unblock communications with the  Azerbaijani side and in the direction of the delimitation process,  not ruling out that there may soon be news on this topic. "People  often talk about Azerbaijan passing through Armenia to Nakhichevan,  but we will be unblocked to the same extent and under the same  conditions," Mirzoyan said.  He also touched upon the settlement of  Armenian-Turkish relations, noting that the time has come to see  tangible results.

The Minister also expressed hope that the intensity of contacts with  the American side will increase. "You remember that we said that  nothing has been agreed upon yet except what is written on paper.  Therefore, there are many technical conditions that need to be  discussed. It is in our interests to implement this process as  quickly as possible and to come to the unblocking as quickly as  possible,"  Mirzoayn said.