Normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku has improved the situation in the South Caucasus: Shoigu

The normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan has helped improve the situation in the South Caucasus, Sergey Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, said.

“The situation in the South Caucasus is tending to improve. Armenian-Azerbaijani normalization and the de facto establishment of peace in the region are bearing fruit,” he said at the 14th annual meeting of the secretaries of the security councils of the CIS member states.

According to Shoigu, “the unblocking of transport links, agreements on which were reached back within the framework of the working group,” is of great importance. “At the same time, all logistics projects must be economically justified and pay for themselves,” the Secretary of the Russian Security Council noted.