Yerevan sends Baku proposals on unagreed points of peace agreement

Yerevan has sent proposals to Baku on two unagreed points of the draft peace agreement. This was announced by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on January 8.

"We have proposed solutions on the two unagreed articles of the peace agreement and in case of Azerbaijan's positive response we are ready to sign the agreement," he said in an interview with Armenpress.

Pashinin also noted that Armenia proposed Azerbaijan to open a railroad connection on the route of Yeraskh - Sadarak - Ordubad - Meghri - Zangelan and expressed hope for a positive response. He emphasized that this initiative can help solve specific problems.

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On the eve of January 7, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that Baku and Yerevan will hold another round of talks on the territorial issue in January. According to the head of state, this will happen at the initiative of Azerbaijan.

On October 23, 2024 it became known that the National Assembly of Armenia ratified the provisions on delimitation of the border with Azerbaijan in the first reading. 67 deputies voted in favor of the adoption of the draft. They assume that disputes between the republics will be resolved not militarily or by force, but on a special platform.

On August 30, Yerevan and Baku signed a provision on joint activities of commissions on border delimitation. Later, political scientist Artur Ataev told Izvestia that the peace agreement between the countries does not guarantee a complete cessation of hostilities in the future, the document will only stabilize the situation for a while.

Prior to that, on July 20, Aliyev expressed fears that Armenia's documents stipulating territorial claims to the republic could become a barrier to the conclusion of a peace agreement.

Relations between the two countries have been aggravated also against the backdrop of disputed ownership of Nagorno-Karabakh. On October 5, 2023, Pashinyan signed a declaration recognizing Azerbaijan's borders, which included Nagorno-Karabakh. Despite this, there are still periodic armed clashes on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia.