Baku and Yerevan reach pivotal peace treaty agreement
Baku and Yerevan have reached an agreement on the content of the peace treaty. The document consists of 17 points and is intended to serve as a foundation for the lasting renunciation of mutual claims and to settle the situation between the countries.
The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Jeyhun Bayramov, announced that Baku and Yerevan have agreed on the content of the peace agreement. The information, reported by the AP agency, notes that the Armenian side has not yet commented on these developments.
Minister Bayramov emphasised that Armenia accepted Azerbaijan’s proposals regarding the final two points of the agreement. The draft agreement comprises 17 points.
Key points of the agreement: No territorial claims
The final two points address the renunciation of mutual claims and the non-deployment of third-party forces on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Minister Bayramov remarked that Armenia should amend its constitution, where territorial claims against Azerbaijan are still recorded.
The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia has persisted since the early 1990s, following the collapse of the USSR. The dispute primarily concerns Nagorno-Karabakh, a region that has been recently inhabited largely by Armenians, but is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. After an offensive in 2023, Azerbaijan regained control over this area.
Discussions on a ceasefire and peace agreement have been ongoing for many months. They were bilateral because Azerbaijan did not agree to the mediation of previous mediators – Russia, the EU, and the USA.
A potential agreement calls for mutual recognition of territorial integrity, border demarcation, and delimitation. It also involves unblocking communication routes, including the so-called Zangezur transport corridor connecting what is referred to as mainland Azerbaijan with its exclave Nakhchivan, and further with Turkey and Europe.
For a long time, there was no progress in the talks that would result in signing a treaty, even partially regulating relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Agreement on the two points is a noteworthy achievement for the parties.
