YEREVAN. May 3 (Interfax) - Any document is unlikely to be signed following negotiations between Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in the United States, head of the Armenian parliament's Standing Committee on Foreign Relations Sargis Khandanyan said.
"I do not think that it is possible to speak of signing any document after the foreign ministers' talks. But it is necessary to wait for the talks to conclude. They are still in progress," Khandanyan told reporters in the parliament on Wednesday.
Armenia's goal is to secure all-round peace in the region, sort out relations with Azerbaijan, protect the borders and sovereignty of Armenia, and resolve issues related to the rights and security of ethnic Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh, he said.
Commenting on Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov's statement that the November 9, 2020 trilateral agreements of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia have no alternative for settling relations between Baku and Yerevan, Khandanyan said, "The November 9 document is highly important, and it is also important to ensure that all provisions of this document are fulfilled. But the question here is why Russia is not defending, is not guaranteeing the implementation of this statement's provisions, including those related to the unimpeded functioning of the Lachin corridor, captives' return, and so on."
The Mirzoyan-Bayramov talks have been underway in the United States since May 1.
Head of the Armenian parliament's Standing Committee on European Integration Arman Yeghoyan told reporters earlier that the negotiations between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers would continue for several days due to their vast agenda.
He also said that Yerevan has the utmost expectations for the talks.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are negotiating a document titled "Agreement on the Normalization of Relations," he said then.