ArmInfo. Security and the  status of Artsakh are inextricably linked with each other. The press  secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Anna  Naghdalyan stated this at a press conference.

She again recalled the position of Armenia that negotiations should  continue within the OSCE Minsk Group, exclusively by peaceful means,  and the priority is the issues of security and the status of NKR, as  well as the decisive voice of Stepanakert in establishing a lasting  peace. According to her, the heads of the foreign affairs agencies  agreed to maintain the dynamics of the meetings.

Commenting on the recent statement of the Foreign Minister of  Azerbaijan about the meeting with the Armenian counterpart in Milan,  Naghdalyan reiterated that Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said about everything  on December 6 right after the meeting: "It was about reaching mutual  understanding about continuing the dynamics of meetings and agreeing  on the text of the five-sided statement. "It's good that something  similar was heard from Azerbaijan for the first time," Naghdalyan  notes. 

As for the decision of the Azerbaijani authorities to replace the  army units in the Ghazakh and Astafa sections with border units, the  Foreign Ministry believes that it is too early to assess.