BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 12. Historic
opportunities for peace have emerged in the region after the
liberation of the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the country’s
Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said during a panel discussion on
“Challenges and Opportunities for Regional Cooperation in the South
Caucasus” within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum,
Trend
reports.
“Immediately after the end of the 44-day Second Karabakh War and
the liberation of the previously occupied territories of
Azerbaijan, a historic opportunity for normalization arose. Shortly
after that, Azerbaijan proposed to Armenia to start the process of
normalization and start talking about a peace agreement. Azerbaijan
proposed this. We started physical negotiations with the Armenian
side, you know, there were many rounds of negotiations. Last month,
the parties made extremely important progress after almost two and
a half years and agreed on the text of the peace agreement, which
we consider a serious milestone,” he said.
According to him, there are further steps that are necessary for
the full conclusion of this process, for the signing of a peace
agreement.
“This is still a long-standing and consistent position of
Azerbaijan, and our partners in Armenia are well aware of this.
This is, first of all, the abolition of the outdated and
dysfunctional Minsk Group. Secondly, the elimination of territorial
claims against Azerbaijan from the constitution. Therefore, we
believe that after these necessary steps are taken, there will be
no additional obstacles to the conclusion and signing of an
agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations
between the two countries,” he emphasized.
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