Pashinyan offered Baku to give up mutual claims

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan suggested that Azerbaijan should give up mutual claims. He published a corresponding message in his Telegram channel on January 9.

In the publication, he presented a list of proposals "on establishing long-term stability in the world and the region." Pashinyan called on Baku to refrain from escalating rhetoric, continue the process of border delimitation, implement a joint mechanism for investigating ceasefire violations, agree on the articles of the 90% ready peace treaty and work on the implementation of the peace agreement's provisions.

The Armenian Prime Minister also included in the list the issue of refugees from both countries and the formation of an expert commission after peace is achieved, the formation of a mechanism for negotiations on mutual arms control, the solution of the problem of detained persons and work on clarifying the fates of missing persons, as well as the issue of the implementation of the Armenian project on unblocking the "Crossroads of Peace" transport communications.

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The day before, Pashinyan said that Yerevan had sent proposals to Baku on two points of the draft peace treaty that had not been agreed upon. He also noted that Armenia offered Azerbaijan to open railroad communication.

Prior to that, on 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.

The relations between the two countries have been aggravated, among other things, 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.