On October 18, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said that Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) and Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) missions might be deployed on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

"The issue of sending an OSCE mission to the Armenian-Azerbaijani border is being discussed. We will have specifics on this issue shortly," Mirzoyan said during a press conference with his Norwegian counterpart Anniken Huitfeldt in Yerevan. He added, "As for the CSTO mission, a report based on the findings of a fact-finding mission that visited Armenia has been prepared and sent to all CSTO member countries."

"At the moment, we are at this stage: there are discussions and no decisions yet. A meeting of the CSTO Council is to take place soon. The political assessment to be made by our allies is extremely important for us. First of all, we need to understand the extent to which the CSTO recognizes this situation," the Minister said.

Moreover, Ararat Mirzoyan said he is ready to meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to discuss the normalization of relations between the two countries.

"We are interested in completing the dialogue with Turkey, and any meeting that will help achieve this goal can happen. I have never been against meetings. Another thing is that the sides should sincerely make serious steps to establish diplomatic relations between the countries and open the borders," Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated. He expressed hope that if such a meeting takes place, it will yield tangible results.

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