Baku, Azerbaijan, April 13. Azerbaijan, by
ending the 30-year Armenian occupation, created an opportunity for
the normalization of relations between the two countries and the
establishment of peace in the South Caucasus, Azerbaijani Foreign
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Trend reports.
He recalled that official Baku proposed to Yerevan to close the
page of hostility in 2021, and this call remained unanswered for
about a year: “Armenia was presented with five main points of the
peace agreement in the first months of 2022, and in October of the
same year, discussions between the two countries began. The first
draft of the peace agreement was also drawn up by the Azerbaijani
side and submitted to Armenia. The negotiations lasted about two
and a half years. A month ago, the discussions ended and an
agreement was reached on the text. During the negotiations, we
informed Armenia and other interested countries about these issues.
There are important factors that need to be addressed. The most
important of them is the presence of territorial claims against
Azerbaijan in the Armenian Constitution. As long as this continues,
signing a peace agreement is impossible. Changing the Armenian
Constitution is necessary.”
The Minister noted that another condition of Azerbaijan is
related to the liquidation of the OSCE Minsk Group, created to
resolve the Karabakh conflict in the 1990s: “The OSCE Minsk Group
has not achieved any results in 30 years. The Karabakh issue has
already been resolved, and these territories are part of
Azerbaijan. Armenia has also recognized this. In such a situation,
Armenia’s constant efforts to continue the activities of the Minsk
Group raise questions for us. We insistently demand the dissolution
of the Minsk Group.”