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Armenia and Azerbaijan have still not agreed on key parameters of a bilateral peace deal, Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan said on Monday.

“It’s about the principal issues that have already been announced, including the maps to be used for the border delimitation, security guarantees for the people of Nagorno-Karabakh and international mechanisms for a dialogue between Baku and Stepanakert,” he told reporters in the parliament.

“Unfortunately, no agreement has been reached on these issues and the positions of the sides remain far apart, but the work is ongoing,” Kostanyan added.

He insisted on Armenia’s sovereignty over any road passing through Syunik Province, again ruling out an exterritorial corridor connecting Azerbaijan to Nakhichevan.

Separately, the official said new dates for the postponed meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Washington were under discussion and would be announced in the near future.