BRUSSELS. May 17 (Interfax) - The European Union has welcomed the progress achieved as part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border delimitation process under the 1991 Almaty Agreement, a European External Action Service (EEAS) spokesperson said.
The two countries' border commissions met on May 15 and signed a protocol, "leading to an agreement on several sections of the border," an EEAS statement published in Brussels on Friday evening said.
"The EU encourages the parties to take further decisive steps to tackle other outstanding bilateral issues and remains committed to supporting the efforts aimed at bringing sustainable and lasting peace to the South Caucasus region," the document said.
On May 15 the delimitation commissions from Yerevan and Baku agreed on a jointly drafted protocol-description of sections of the borderline between population centers in Armenia's Tavush region and Azerbaijan's Gazakh district.
The day earlier Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan described the move as "a great success." This would substantially raise the level of security and stability not only in that part of the joint border, but also on its whole length, he said.