We discuss all issues with our Iranian partners, but the question the US Secretary of State mentioned was about increasing the effectiveness of our border control, not about any specific sensitive aspects with this or that country.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Paruyr Hovhannisyan mentioned this in a conversation with journalists in the National Assembly, referring to the fact that after the signing of the Armenian-American strategic partnership document, US Secretary of State Blinken announced that a group would visit Armenia related to border security, to what extent is this related to Iran and has this issue been discussed with Iranian colleagues?
He noted that recently Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Vahan Kostanyan visited Iran and Iran did not express any concerns or fears on that occasion.
"I think the statement that was published was another evidence of our close relations and our special cooperative relations.
I have not seen any question that we do not reach an agreement with the Iranian side, our relations are at an unprecedentedly high level, and we see evidence of this from recent visits and statements of other officials," he said.
The deputy minister responded to the question, "What does the strengthening of border capacities mean?"
"It was always done by a third country, finally we should be able to control our border ourselves."
He added that as a result of these works, it is possible for Russian border guards to leave the Armenian-Turkish and Armenian-Iranian borders.
"Of course, in an ideal world, every country should be able to control its borders. And this support is based on the sharing of experience corresponding to our capacity building."
