At a meeting of the republic's government on April 13, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan confirmed that Armenia agrees with the proposal of the European Union on mirroring troops along the entire perimeter of the border with Azerbaijan.

The head of the Armenian government pointed out the readiness of Yerevan for the mirror withdrawal of troops after a 44-day war in Karabakh in the fall of 2020. "We have declared readiness to withdraw troops since 2021. And such actions come from the logic, which formed the basis of the Prague statement and a three-way statement in Sochi," Pashinyan noted.

According to him, however, the obstacle to this is the destructive approach of Azerbaijan, which systematically violates the agreements reached on international sites. "This concerns the issue of liberation of prisoners, non-use of power or threat of force, and uninterrupted functioning of the Lachin corridor," he added.

Notably, the European External Action Service (EEAS) made a statement about an armed incident on one of the sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, turning to the sides with a call to withdraw the troops from the contact line to de-escalate the situation.

On the same day, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is entitled to the Azerbaijani side in the last provocation in the government meeting, the accusation of commitments to violate Azerbaijan in Prague and Sochi meetings is completely unfounded and unacceptable.

"The Prime Minister's reiteration of the idea of using the 1991 border as a basis for delimitation, referring to the statement of the European Union made a day earlier, contains several controversial points. We would like to remind the Prime Minister of Armenia that, in 1990, Karki and Baghanis Ayrim villages of Azerbaijan were occupied as a result of the occupation policy of Armenia against Azerbaijan. Moreover, it is obvious that contrary to the Trilateral Statement, Armenia has not yet withdrawn its armed forces from the territories of Azerbaijan and is still keeping 8 Azerbaijani villages under occupation. In this regard, the Prime Minister should first clarify what is meant by the 1991 borders," the information added.

"Armenia, instead of positively responding to Azerbaijan's proposal to establish a border checkpoint at the beginning of the Lachin road to cease the provocations and illegal activities carried out by Armenia in Azerbaijan, does not refrain from distorting the decision of the International Court of Justice regarding the Lachin road. We would like to note that the claim that the Azerbaijani government is the alleged organizer of the protests on the Lachin road was rejected by the Court, and the claims that 'the road was closed' and 'the area was blocked' are baseless," it added.

"We demand that Armenia, instead of making baseless statements, returns to the negotiations on the peace agreement, which it refused since December last year, opens communications, complies with the obligations arising from the Trilateral Statement, including the complete withdrawal of its forces from the territories of Azerbaijan, and refrains from taking steps targeting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan," the report said.