Hikmet Hajiyev, deputy of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on foreign policy issues, said that Azerbaijani officials believe in the possibility of improving relations with Armenia through the signing of a peace agreement. transmits Eureporter. According to him, Baku’s operation against Karabakh has eliminated the main obstacle on this path.
Hajiyev said, “We believe that this is a historic opportunity to end the animosity and hostility between the two countries and build a sustainable peace based on the 5 principles that Azerbaijan offered to Armenia.” said.
He added that the Karabakh issue should have been closed by the OSCE Minsk Group, but it was not successful. Hajiyev emphasized that Baku itself resolved the situation on its own territory.
“Azerbaijan now chooses peace and normalization with Armenia as a priority. But any peace process requires the participation of both parties. Armenia must show positivity and goodwill. “We presented the updated 5th peace agreement to Armenia, but they did not respond for two months,” concluded Aliyev’s advisor.
On September 19, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense announced the start of a local anti-terrorism operation in Nagorno-Karabakh. The ministry said the aim of the operation would be to suppress “large-scale provocations” in Nagorno-Karabakh, as well as to disarm and withdraw Armenian army units from the region. On September 20, Baku and Karabakh agreed to a ceasefire with the help of Russian peacekeepers. According to the agreement, Karabakh’s armed forces will be disbanded and their heavy equipment will be withdrawn and delivered. The implementation of this process will be monitored by the Russian peacekeeping mission.
The Baku operation sparked a wave of protests in Armenia calling for the resignation of current officials; More than 100 thousand internally displaced persons from Karabakh came to the republic. At the same time, the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic decided to end the existence of the unrecognized republic as of January 1, 2024.
Previously in Armenia taken into account Threat to the preservation of the Karabakh government in the country.