Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov met in Geneva yesterday and exchanged their views on a possible peace treaty between the two countries.

The two, according to Mirzoyan’s office, also discussed security guarantees for Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, included direct talks between Stepanakert and Baku.

Mirzoyan reaffirmed Armenia’s position that Azerbaijan troops must leave sovereign Armenian territory and that Baku must release all Armenian POWs.

He called for “international mechanisms” to monitor the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

The two ministers agreed that regional transport routes should be unblocked under the sovereignty and jurisdiction of the respective countries.