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Armenia and Azerbaijan have made progress in addressing some issues, but the key problems remain unresolved, Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan said on Tuesday, referring to the U.S.-hosted talks between the Armenian and Azeri FMs last week.

"There is a well-known principle in the negotiations: 'Nothing is agreed until everything is agreed',” he told reporters in Yerevan's Victory Park where he visited on Victory Day celebrated on May 9.

"True, there may have been progress on some issues, but they are not the most fundamental ones," Grigoryan said.

European Council president Charles Michel will host fresh peace talks between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Sunday.

“Their discussions will also be flanked by a meeting together with President Emmanuel Macron of France and Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany, in the margins of the upcoming European Political Community summit in Chisinău on 1 June 2023,” the European Council said on Monday.

“We will try to bring the approaches closer as much as possible and move forward,” the security chief said.

He said negotiations on the launch of an international mechanism to guarantee the Artsakh people’s rights and security continued.

"We have repeatedly expressed our stance on the Artsakh issue that there should be an international mechanism for Stepanakert and Baku to discuss rights and security, " Grigoryan said.

He stressed a peace deal between Armenia and Azerbaijan "will be signed when a final agreement is reached."

The security chief also insisted on normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations without preconditions.