Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, at a parliamentary Q&A session today, said Armenia is committed to peace talks with Azerbaijan despite Baku’s continued threats against Armenia’s territorial integrity.

Mirzoyan was referring to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s March 16 description of present-day Armenia as part of “Western Azerbaijan”.

“There is one condition for them to live comfortably on an area of 29,000 square kilometers – Armenia must accept our conditions, officially recognize Karabakh as the territory of Azerbaijan, sign a peace treaty with us and carry out delimitation work according to our conditions. Only under these circumstances can they live comfortably on an area of 29,000 square kilometers, which is all they want now,” Aliyev said according to a statement released by his office.

Mirzoyan also said Armenia is not negotiating on an Azerbaijani demand that checkpoints be established on the Lachin Corridor.

Mirzoyan said the November 2020 ceasefire agreement signed by the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia calls for unhindered two-way traffic on the roadway.