The Armenian government, in a statement following the Brussels April 6 trilateral meeting of Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and European Council Charles Michel, reports that Pashinyan and Aliyev instructed their foreign ministers to start preparations for peace talks.

Pashinyan, according to the statement, raised the situation and humanitarian issues in Artsakh caused by the recent actions of the Azerbaijani military.

Issues related to the implementation of the trilateral statements of November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021, as well as the agreements reached at the trilateral meeting in Brussels on December 14 were discussed.

Based on the results of the meeting, an agreement was reached to set up a bilateral commission on border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan until the end of April envisaged in the agreement reached in Sochi on November 26, 2021, which will be authorized to deal with security and stability issues along the border.