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Azerbaijan has accused the Armenian Security Council chief of attempts to “distort the essence” of the recent talks between Baku and Yerevan.

In an interview to the Public TV Company on Sunday, Armen Grigoryan claimed some progress had been made in last week’s talks between the Armenian and Azeri leaders in Chisinau regarding the border delimitation based on 1975 maps.

“At the outset, regarding the claim on the foundation of the delimitation process, it should be noted that, in line with the statements of both the Prague and Sochi meetings, the delimitation is considered to be carried out on the basis of the mutual recognition of territorial integrity and sovereignty. In general, reference to the UN Charter and the Alma-Ata Declaration was made in the context of the mentioned principles. It is well known to the Armenian side that there is no agreement in these and other meetings about the maps on which basis the delimitation will be carried out,” the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.