Armenian Prime Minister hopes to sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan by the end of 2025
Nicol Pashinyan. Photo: Getty Images
Armenian Prime Minister Nicol Pashinyan announced Yerevan’s readiness to conclude a peace agreement with Baku by the end of 2025 and dissolve the negotiation structures created in the format of the OSCE Minsk Group.
Source: Pashinyan’s statement within the Globsec 2025 Forum in Prague, « reports »European Truth« With reference to “Armenpress”
Details: Armenian Prime Minister noted that Azerbaijan raises the issue of dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group structures, « and in general, it is acceptable to us the agenda. »
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« But there is a very important nuance: we must be sure that the situation where the conflict page is closed in the territory of Azerbaijan, but turns into new claims to the territory of Armenia, » Pashinyan emphasized.
He noted that some Azerbaijani circles call about 60% of the sovereign territory of Armenia « Western Azerbaijan », which, he said, is a territorial claim to Armenia.
« Our approach is to sign a peace agreement and at the same time dissolve these mechanisms. I think we should try to implement all this by the end of this year, » the Armenian Prime Minister said.
Pashinyan also said that Armenia was ready to quickly continue negotiations with Azerbaijan to sign and ratify the agreement.
Prehistory:
- Azerbaijan and Armenia were actually in a state of war after declaring independence more than 30 years ago, and in 2020 and 2023, Azerbaijan returned control over Nagorny Karabakh as a result of hostilities.
- In March Armenia and Azerbaijan simultaneously announced approval of the text of the peace treaty. But after that Baku put forward a number of requirements, including changes to the Armenian Constitution before signing the document.
Read more about that helped Yerevan and Baku to agree a peace treaty and that it changes.
