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French Defense Chief Visits Armenia Amid Deepening Ties
• Astghik Bedevian
Armenia - French Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu (left) speaks at a joint
news conference with his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikian, Yerevan, February
23, 2024.
France will provide more weapons and other military assistance to Armenia to
help the South Caucasus country defend its territory, French Defense Minister
Sebastien Lecornu said during a first-ever visit to Yerevan on Friday.
“Threats hanging over Armenia force us to move forward faster,” he told Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinian. “It is very important for us to react and take
necessary steps quickly.”
Speaking after talks with his Armenian counterpart Suren Papikian held earlier
in the day, Lecornu confirmed that Armenia took delivery the previous night of
the first batch of French night-vision devices commissioned by it last year. The
Armenian military will also receive soon air-defense radar systems and more
armored personnel carriers from French manufacturers, he said.
The French defense group Thales signed with the Armenian Defense Ministry a
contract for the supply of three GM200 radars during Papikian’s visit to Paris
last October. Papikian and Lecornu signed at the time a “letter of intent” on
Armenia’s future acquisition of short-range surface-to-air missiles manufactured
by another French company.
Lecornu indicated that the supply of the Mistral air-defense systems is a matter
of time. What is more, he expressed France’s readiness to also sell more
long-range systems to Armenia. He further announced that a French military
adviser specializing in air defense will be deployed in Armenia to help it
neutralize “possible strikes by potential aggressors.”
Armenia - Armenian and French flags fly outside the Defense Ministry building in
Yerevan, .
“Nobody can reproach the Armenian army for boosting its defense capacity,”
Lecornu told a joint news conference with Papikian, clearly alluding to
Azerbaijan’s strong criticism of French-Armenian military cooperation.
The Armenian minister emphasized, for his part, that Yerevan is acquiring these
and other weapons for solely defensive purposes. In an apparent reference to
Azerbaijan, he spoke of a “visible threat” to Armenia’s territorial integrity.
Neither minister shed light on a number of documents that were signed by them
after their talks. The AFP news agency reported that the Armenian side also
signed on Friday a supply contract with the French company PGM manufacturing
sniper rifles. It said no details of the deal were made public.
The defense cooperation is part of a broader deepening of French-Armenian
relations cemented by the existence of an influential Armenian community in
France. It comes amid Armenia’s mounting tensions with Russia, its longtime
ally. Neighboring Iran has also signaled unease over the pro-Western tilt in
Armenian foreign policy.
“Our Iranian partners respect our cooperation with other partners, and I think
our Russian and other partners should do the same because Armenia has no taboos
when it comes to cooperation to the benefit of Armenia,” Papikian said in this
regard.
Armenia is “turning to partners that are truly providers of security,” Lecornu
said when asked to comment on the tensions between Yerevan and Moscow.
Armenian Security Service Denies Russian Obstruction Of EU Mission
• Artak Khulian
Armenia -- The main entrance to the National Security Service headquarters in
Yerevan.
The National Security Service (NSS) denied on Friday claims that Russian border
guards prevent European Union monitors from inspecting a section of Armenia’s
border with Azerbaijan where four Armenian soldiers were killed last week.
They died when their positions around Nerkin Hand, a village in the southeastern
Syunik province, came under cross-border fire early on February 13.
The head of the EU monitoring mission, Markus Ritter, said on Wednesday that the
Russian side did not allow its members to visit Nerkin Hand both before and
after the incident. Armen Grigorian, the pro-Western secretary of Armenia’s
Security Council, echoed the claim, saying that Yerevan “will try to address the
problem.”
RFE/RL’s Armenian Service asked the NSS to clarify whether the EU monitors
indeed have no access to border sections where Russian border guards and
military personnel are deployed.
“There are no obstacles to the observation activities of representatives of the
EU mission at the sections of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border guarded by the
border guard troops of the NSS,” the security agency said in a written reply.
“The purpose of the deployment of Russian border guards on the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border is to monitor and take measures aimed at resolving
possible conflicts peacefully,” added the statement.
Grigorian also blamed the Russians for Azerbaijan’s deadly ceasefire violation.
“Russia is present there and it failed to prevent the incident,” he said.
Narek Ghahramanian, a Syunik-based parliamentarian representing Armenia’s ruling
Civil Contract party, insisted on Thursday that “there is no Russian presence”
in or around Nerkin Hand. There is only a Russian checkpoint on a road leading
to Nerkin Hand, Ghahramanian said, adding that he has never had trouble visiting
the remote village.
Russia deployed troops to Syunik during and shortly after the 2020 war in
Nagorno-Karabakh to help the Armenian military defend the strategic region
against possible Azerbaijani attacks. Russian-Armenian relations have
significantly deteriorated since then, with Yerevan accusing Moscow of not
honoring its security commitments to Armenia.
Pashinian Again Warns Of Azeri Attack On Armenia
• Ruzanna Stepanian
Germany - German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hosts talks between Azerbaijani
President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, February 18,
2024.
Just days after his latest talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Prime
Minister Nikol Pashinian has accused Azerbaijan of planning military aggression
against Armenia.
“Analyzing … statements made from official Baku, we come to the conclusion that
yes, an attack on Armenia is very likely,” he told the France 24 TV channel in
an interview broadcast on Friday.
Pashinian complained that the Azerbaijani leadership is still reluctant to
recognize Armenia’s border “without ambiguity” and continues to refer to much of
Armenian territory as “Western Azerbaijan.” He said Baku is not honoring
understandings on the key parameters of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty
reached by him and Aliyev during their meetings in 2022 and 2023 mediated by the
European Union.
Speaking on February 18, one day after meeting with Aliyev in Munich, Pashinian
stated that both sides are “committed to those understandings.” Both leaders
sounded satisfied with the talks hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. The
latter said they “agreed to resolve open issues without new violence.”
It was also agreed that the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers will meet
soon for further discussions on the peace treaty. A senior Armenian official
said on Thursday that the two sides continue to disagree on key provisions of
the would-be treaty.
The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry rejected Pashinian’s latest claims. It said
they are “absolutely baseless” and aimed at misleading the international
community.
Pashinian already charged on February 15 that Azerbaijan is pursuing a “policy
of military coercion” in an effort to clinch more Armenian territory and other
concessions from Yerevan. He said it may be planning to launch “military
operations at some sections of the border with the prospect of turning the
military escalation into a full-scale war against Armenia.”
The premier went on to reject Azerbaijani demands for major legislative changes
in Armenia, saying that they constitute a violation of his country’s sovereignty
and interference in its internal affairs. Pashinian himself called last month
for the adoption of a new Armenian constitution reflecting the “new geopolitical
environment” in the region. His critics say that he did so under Azerbaijani
pressure.
Armenia’s Membership In Russian-Led Defense Bloc ‘Frozen’
France - French President Emmanuel Macron meets Armenian Prime Minister Nikol
Pashinian at the Elysee Palace in Paris, February 21, 2024.
Armenia has essentially frozen its membership in the Russian-led Collective
Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said in a
televised interview publicized on Friday.
“In our view, the CSTO has not fulfilled -- in 2021 and 2022 in particular --
its security obligations to Armenia, and we could not have let that go without
consequences,” Pashinian told the France 24 TV channel. “As a consequence, we
have, in effect, frozen our participation in the CSTO. We’ll see what happens
tomorrow.”
Armenia officially requested military intervention from Russia and other CSTO
allies after Azerbaijan’s offensive military operations launched along the
Armenian-Azerbaijani border in September 2022. It has since repeatedly accused
them of ignoring the request in breach of the CSTO’s statutes and declared
mission. It has declined CSTO offers to provide “military-technical assistance”
to Yerevan and deploy a monitoring mission to the border.
Last year, Pashinian’s government not only shunned various-level CSTO meetings
but also cancelled a CSTO exercise in Armenia, refused to name an Armenian
deputy head of the organization and recalled the Armenian representative to its
Moscow headquarters.
Moscow reacted cautiously to Pashinian’s latest remarks, with Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov saying that it expects Yerevan to clarify them. Peskov also noted
that the Armenian side has not notified the CSTO about the suspensions of its
membership in the organization.
Belarus - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a CSTO summit in Minsk,
November 23, 2023.
Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested in December that Armenia is not
planning to leave the CSTO and attributed Yerevan’s boycott of the organization
to internal “processes” taking place in the country. By contrast, the Russian
Foreign Ministry earlier accused Pashinian of systematically “destroying”
Russian-Armenian relations.
Pashinian, who was apparently interviewed by the French broadcaster during a
visit to Paris on Wednesday, also claimed that in the wake of Azerbaijan’s
recapture of Nagorno-Karabakh last September “Russia’s most high-ranking
representatives” encouraged Armenians to take to the streets and topple him.
Moscow did not immediately respond to the claim.
Pashinian also hit out at out Russia when he visited Germany at the weekend to
attend an annual security conference in Munich. He met with German Chancellor
Olaf Scholz, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British intelligence
chief Richard Moore on the sidelines of the forum.
The Armenian premier’s latest criticism of Russia highlights a deepening rift
between the two longtime allies. He has so far stopped short of announcing plans
to pull Armenia out of the CSTO and demand the withdrawal Russian troops from
the country.
Pashinian and his political allies say that they are “diversifying” Armenia’s
foreign and security policy due to the lack of Russian support. Their political
opponents regard the policy change as reckless, arguing that the West is not
ready to give Yerevan any security guarantees or provide it with significant
military aid.
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Armenia freezes participation in CSTO
10:21,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 23, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s participation in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is practically frozen, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said.
“The CSTO hasn’t fulfilled its security obligations towards Armenia, particularly in 2021, in 2022, and this couldn’t have gone without consequences. And the consequence is that in practice we have basically frozen our participation in the CSTO,” Pashinyan told France24.
Asked on the Russian military base in Armenia, the Prime Minister clarified that the base is located in Armenia not as part of the CSTO. “That’s an entirely different legal-contractual framework, and we haven’t had the occasion to address that framework.”
The Plight of Nagorno-Karabakh
Feb 20 2024
By James Cowan
The South Caucasus is not just a political minefield; some areas are literally littered with unexploded munitions. The UK-US landmine clearance charity, HALO, tries to help, says the organization’s CEO, retired British army General James Cowan.
It was a deadly accident in the rugged Caucasus mountain region south of Russia.
After September’s lightning incursions by the Armed Forces of Azerbaijan into the contested territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, over 100,000 Karabakhi Armenians were fleeing their homes towards the safety of neighboring Armenia.
There was only one road out and that was now packed with vehicles – a traffic jam from hell. Among those in the bumper-to-bumper queue were nearly 100 employees of the HALO Trust, the landmine clearance charity I head, and who were fleeing with their families.
As the traffic jam out of Nagorno-Karabakh shuddered once again to a halt, a woman traveling in an SUV got out of the back door to get some air.
Behind the car was a truck. Its driver stepped out of his cab. Somehow, his handbrake disengaged, and the truck rolled forward. The woman was crushed and died.
Also in the car were the woman’s husband, a senior HALO deminer, and their two children. Our colleague had to put his children in another car and drive the dead body of his wife into Armenia.
Stories of loss and tragedy were all too common as a whole population fled, with reports of hundreds dead or injured following an explosion at a fuel depot near the largest city, Stepanakert. Most of the people in the huge column of vehicles were also hungry and exhausted. For almost a year, Nagorno-Karabakh had been blockaded. Grocery shops had empty shelves and a lack of fuel meant vital farm machinery was idle; crops were rotting in the fields. People had to queue for many hours to get the simplest of things such as bread.
HALO has been working in Nagorno-Karabakh since 2000. Our main job was to clear landmines in the fertile soil which once grew grain, or boasted pomegranate orchards. These areas where tanks and armored personnel carriers had done their deadly work were littered with mines.
We also made roads and schools safe so teachers could explain the dangers of unexploded munitions to the next generation. Over a two-decade period, HALO cleared deadly mines and other ordnance from over 300 square kilometers of land (that’s about the size of 30,000 Premier League soccer pitches) across Nagorno-Karabakh.
Our work aimed to restore some normality and make life safe and enjoyable for everyone. It’s not really normal to worry about exploding munitions when you go for a walk or play games.
The conflict had simmered for decades after the end of the first war in 1994 but Azerbaijan resumed full-scale hostilities in September 2020, with a surprise air and land attack. We immediately focused our efforts on clearing the most populous areas of deadly munitions, including Stepanakert.
But since September’s exodus of its Armenian population, all of HALO’s work in Nagorno-Karabakh has now been stopped. Our staff and their families, along with the over 100,000 people living there, have left. As a result of the deteriorated security situation, they have all been effectively deprived of their right to their land and their homes.
Armenia is a poor country and remains extremely dependent on Russia for trade and energy supplies, although it has maintained good relations with the West as well.
As I write, it’s unclear whether the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh will be able to return to their homes. At the moment, it doesn’t look promising. Instead, they are likely to settle in the State of their ethnic kin and perhaps hope that one day things will change. Either way, they and the Armenian government will need considerable Western aid to ease their transition.
The death of my colleague’s wife was bad enough — two other HALO employees were also killed around the same time in the fuel depot explosion. But over 100,000 other people have also lost their homes and their land. In the words of a senior HALO staffer who worked in Nagorno-Karabakh;
“They have left their lives behind. They have lost their past, and maybe their future as well.”
Major General James Cowan left the British Army to join the HALO Trust as its chief executive in 2015. The landmine clearance charity was founded in 1988 in Afghanistan and achieved global prominence when Princess Diana visited its operations in Angola. Under James’s leadership HALO has increased its global workforce by a third to some 11,000 people and expanded from operations in 17 countries to 29. The organization’s work has saved the lives and limbs of more than two million people.
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https://cepa.org/article/the-plight-of-nagorno-karabakh/
Erdogan visits Egypt after 12 years
17:57,
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 14, ARMENPRESS. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived at Cairo airport on Wednesday and was welcomed by his Egyptian counterpart, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, Mehr News reports.
This is Erdogan's first visit to Egypt since 2012. The development of economic relations between Ankara and Cairo, as well as the issue of the Gaza war, are the main goals of Erdoğan's visit to Egypt.
Central Bank of Armenia: exchange rates and prices of precious metals – 09-02-24
17:24, 9 February 2024
YEREVAN, 9 FEBUARY, ARMENPRESS. The Central Bank of Armenia informs “Armenpress” that today, 9 February, USD exchange rate up by 0.08 drams to 404.55 drams. EUR exchange rate down by 0.19 drams to 435.46 drams. Russian Ruble exchange rate up by 0.02 drams to 4.45 drams. GBP exchange rate down by 0.55 drams to 509.89 drams.
The Central Bank has set the following prices for precious metals.
Gold price down by 163.19 drams to 26385.80 drams. Silver price up by 0.84 drams to 290.70 drams.
Armenian, Dutch foreign ministers discuss South Caucasus, EU partnership and more
14:40, 8 February 2024
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS. Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has met in The Hague with the Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Hanke Bruins Slot.
The foreign ministers exchanged views around prospects of expanding the Armenian-Dutch bilateral agenda and political dialogue, the foreign ministry said in a readout.
The steps made in the direction of strengthening democracy and the rule of law in Armenia and the readiness for further bilateral cooperation in this direction were underscored. Armenia’s accession to the ICC was noted with satisfaction in this context, as well as in context of fighting impunity.
Issues pertaining to the Armenia-EU partnership were discussed.
FM Mirzoyan attached importance to the continuous development of partnership in various directions, including for further strengthening of Armenia’s resilience.
The FMs also discussed the latest developments and the general security situation in the South Caucasus.
Foreign Minister Mirzoyan presented to his Dutch counterpart Armenia’s vision of establishing stability and peace in the region. Speaking about the course of the work around the draft peace treaty, FM Mirzoyan said that the process requires not only Armenia’s but also Azerbaijan’s unambiguous commitment around key issues. FM Mirzoyan underscored the fundamental principles for Armenia in the normalization process with Azerbaijan, namely the importance of unwavering adherence to territorial integrity and inviolability of borders. In context of the unblocking of transport and economic routes in the region and Armenia’s agenda of peace, FM Mirzoyan highlighted the well-known principles of the Crossroads of Peace project.
The Armenian and Dutch foreign ministers agreed to continue active contacts and discussions around all issues of mutual interest.
Restoring of Hungary-Armenia Ties Hailed as ‘Historic’
Presidents of Armenia and Hungary, Vahakn Khachaturyan and Katalin Novák hold a joint press conference in Budapest on Feb. 6
Hungary’s extradition of Azerbaijani axe-murder Ramil Safarov is in Yerevan’s rear view.
President Katalin Novák of Hungary hailed as “historic” the restoration of relations with Armenia when she hosted her Armenian counterpart Vahagn Khachatryan in Budapest.
Novák expressed hope that the two countries will be able to intensify their relations and achieve tangible results in cooperation efforts.
“The last time an Armenian president visited [Hungary] was in 2009, while this is the first presidential visit after the change of the political system, I hope that we will be able to alter this trend and intensify our relations and have more official visits between our countries. There is readiness on our side and I hope that on your side as well,” Novák said during a joint press conference with Khachatryan.
“We need to understand the context of our diplomatic relations in order to be able to resolve all misunderstandings of the past,” the Hungarian president said, citing two recently signed memorandums of understanding as a testament to the willingness of the two countries to cooperate.
Armenia cut off diplomatic relations with Hungary in 2012 after Budapest extradited Azerbaijani soldier Ramil Safarov, who was serving a sentence after being convicted of killing — with an axe — an Armenian military officer, Lieutenant Gurgen Margaryan while both were taking part in NATO’s Partnership for Peace military training exercises in 2004.
Gurgen Margaryan was asleep in his room when Safarov attacked him with an axe.
During the trial in Hungary, Safarov admitted in court to having killed Margaryan because of his hatred towards Armenia and Armenians. He was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Hungarian court. However, in 2012 Hungary extradited him to Azerbaijan upon Baku’s request.
Axe-murder Ramil Safarov is given a hero’s welcome upon his extradition from Hungary
Upon his arrival in Baku, Safari was pardoned by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and received a hero’s welcome. On the same day, then-President of Armenia Serzh Sarkisian severed diplomatic relations with Hungary.
Azerbaijan’s Justice Ministry at the time had assured officials in Hungary that Safarov would continue to serve his sentence in Azerbaijan. However, hours after his arrival on an Azerbaijani Airways special flight, Aliyev signed an order to pardon Safarov. The pardon was effective from the day of signing. Safarov’s pardon contradicted Azerbaijani criminal code, according to which prisoners serving a life sentence can be freed only after having served a period of a minimum of 25 years.
An investigation in 2017, led by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project revealed that that several bank transfers—in excess of $7 million—were made to a Budapest bank account around the time the Hungarian government extradited Safarov to Azerbaijan.
As part of the investigation into what became know as the “Azerbaijani Laundromat”—a nearly $3 billion slush fund tied to Azerbaijan’s ruling elite and used to buy influence around the world—Hungarian investigative journalism NGO Átlátszó.hu revealed that the Budapest bank account belonged to an offshore company owned by the son of an influential Azerbaijani politician.
According to the OCCRP report, more than $7 million was transferred to the account in 2012 right around the time the Hungarian government struck its deal with Azerbaijani authorities, allowing for Safarov’s extradition. The offshore company was already shuttered at the time of the investigation.
Hungary and Azerbaijan remain close partners, with Hungarian leaders voicing support for Baku’s violent attack on Artsakh that resulted in the 44-Day War.
When Yerevan began to intensify its relations with the European Union, Armenia made overtures to Hungary, an EU member, and signaled the Armenian government’s willingness to restore ties.
President Khachatryan’s visit to Budapest is the first time an Armenian leader has made an official visit to Hungary and is seen as the beginning of thawing of relations between Yerevan and Budapest.
As part of Khachaturyan’s official visit to Hungary, a memorandum of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of culture, education and science was signed.
Khachatryan also hailed his visit as “historic,” saying Armenia is ready to develop relations with Hungary and “will do everything to ensure dynamic development.”
”This visit is historic following a long pause. In fact, we are initiating a new process. And personally, I and our delegation greatly appreciate it. I would like to express the readiness of the Republic of Armenia to actively restart a new phase of Armenian-Hungarian relations and to do everything to ensure that our relations undergo dynamic development and follow a logical course,” Khachaturyan said.
Novák, the Hungarian president, said her country wants Armenia to strengthen its relations with the EU.
“We want Armenia to strengthen its relations with the European Union. You can count on us. When Hungary takes over the presidency of the European Union in July, we will do everything to support Armenia and its relations with the EU, as well as to advance the visa liberalization process for Armenia,” said Novák, adding that the EU should strengthen its relations with the South Caucasus, and Hungary can be useful in that regard.
Armenian police chief meets Europol, CEPOL directors
13:33, 2 February 2024
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 2, ARMENPRESS. Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Police Chief Major General Aram Hovhannisyan has held meetings with Europol Executive Director Catherine De Bolle and CEPOL Executive Director Montserrat Marín López.
Hovhannisyan and De Bolle discussed the implementation of the provisions of the agreement signed between the Armenian police and Europol, as well as joining the SIENA system and other issues of mutual interest.
The police chief then discussed the internal affairs ministry academy’s needs with the CEPOL (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training) chief. Montserrat Marín López expressed readiness to assist in resolving the issues.
Hovhannisyan then met with the Deputy Police Chief of Cyprus and discussed the possibility of signing a cooperation agreement between the police academies.
At another meeting, the Armenian police chief and Moldova’s Ştefan cel Mare Academy executives decided to revise the current agreement to establish new directions of cooperation.
MTS Sells 100% of Shares in its Subsidiary MTS Armenia
The Fast Mode
Jan 30 2024
Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), a digital ecosystem, announces the closing of a transaction for the sale of 100% of the shares of its subsidiary in the Republic of Armenia, MTS Armenia CJSC (trademark Viva-MTS) to Fedilco Group Limited (Republic of Cyprus).
The transaction also included MobiDram CJSC, a payment system providing financial services in the Armenian market, a 100% subsidiary of MTS Armenia.
MTS received all corporate approvals necessary for the transaction, as well as permits from the regulatory authorities of the Republic of Armenia: the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition and the Public Services Regulatory Commission.Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), a digital ecosystem, announces the closing of a transaction for the sale of 100% of the shares of its subsidiary in the Republic of Armenia, MTS Armenia CJSC (trademark Viva-MTS) to Fedilco Group Limited (Republic of Cyprus).
The transaction also included MobiDram CJSC, a payment system providing financial services in the Armenian market, a 100% subsidiary of MTS Armenia.
MTS received all corporate approvals necessary for the transaction, as well as permits from the regulatory authorities of the Republic of Armenia: the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition and the Public Services Regulatory Commission.
MTS is Russia’s ecosystem providing network-native digital services and largest mobile operator. The company offers a full range of solutions for consumers and business customers across wireless and wireline connectivity; over-the-top, linear, and satellite television; digital-first banking and financial services; as well as unified communications, cloud computing and IoT.MTS is Russia’s ecosystem providing network-native digital services and largest mobile operator. The company offers a full range of solutions for consumers and business customers across wireless and wireline connectivity; over-the-top, linear, and satellite television; digital-first banking and financial services; as well as unified communications, cloud computing and IoT.
Azerbaijan to respond to Armenia’s latest proposals on peace treaty during ‘coming weeks’
12:00,
YEREVAN, JANUARY 27, ARMENPRESS. Azerbaijan has received Armenia’s new proposals regarding the peace treaty, Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has said.
Bayramov said that Azerbaijan will send its response during the ‘coming weeks.’
He said he believes the two countries will continue contacts in 2024 regarding the peace treaty.
Armenia handed over to Azerbaijan a new set of proposals on the peace treaty on January 4.