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Nikol Pashinyan summed up the results of the trilateral meeting with the Russian and Azerbaijani leaders in Sochi on Friday, calling it "very positive”.

“I want to confirm that we had a very positive meeting, conversation, actually discussed all the issues on the agenda. This was not a meeting to hide the problems, but a meeting where we openly discussed all the issues,” he said in a statement for the press.

“I would like to positively assess the fact that we clarified the positions on many issues, and it turned out that we do not have any misinterpretations on a number of issues, opposite to what it seemed before this meeting,” Pashinyan said.

“I would like to mention that, in fact, in connection with the opening of all transport and economic communications in the region, we registered that we have a shared idea of how those communications will operate.”

He noted that the topic of starting the process of delimitation and demarcation is not new.

“We have discussed that issue. We also adopted a trilateral statement, in which we stated that before that the necessary conditions should be created, that is, security mechanisms should be created on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the premier said, adding humanitarian issues were also discussed during the talks.

He thanked Russia for hosting the talks. “I reaffirm the readiness of Armenia and the Government of Armenia, which has received a mandate from the people of Armenia, to open an era of peaceful development for our country and our region. We are interested in that, and of course, today's meeting contributed to the fulfilment of that agenda,” Pashinyan noted.