“Back in February, the Azerbaijani side presented Armenia with 5 fundamental principles of the peace treaty. Armenia stated these principles are unacceptable for them,” Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said, APA reports.
According to him, later reports of 6 proposals from Armenia were received. “If you look at the document, it cannot be called proposals. At the time of submission, that document was in the form of the Armenian side’s reaction to Azerbaijan’s proposals. I can list some of these 6 points, and you can tell if you can call it a proposal.”
Bayramov noted that one of the paragraphs emphasizes that the Azerbaijani side presented to Armenia the proposals of February 21 in early March. “Azerbaijan noted from the very first day that the main proposals were submitted through intermediaries. You need to ask the intermediaries about this. If Azerbaijan noted February 21, then it presented on that day. The next point is that Armenia has no territorial requirements for Azerbaijan. Back in 1992, both countries, being members of the CIS, recognized each other’s territorial integrity. And this is to some extent a repetition of the fundamental principle of Azerbaijan.”
The Azerbaijani Foreign Minister also recalled one of the agreements reached after the April 6 meeting in Brussels with the participation of the Prime Minister of Armenia, the President of Azerbaijan and the Chairman of the EU Council, according to which a demarcation commission will be established.
He noted that the first meeting was planned to be held before the end of April. “I can note that before the meeting, two telephone conversations took place between me and the Armenian Foreign Minister. During those phone talks, Azerbaijan presented its proposals on the structure of the commission. Azerbaijan’s proposal was that the commission should be organized in a different format, that is, the person who will lead the commission should be at the level of the deputy Prime Minister. Even during the first telephone conversation, the Armenian Foreign Minister took it with understanding, saying that more time was needed to discuss this proposal in Armenia. Then the Armenian side stated that this proposal was acceptable to them. There is an agreement between the parties on the structure of the commission. The Azerbaijani side was already ready to hold this meeting in April. After the Armenian side completes its procedures, the meeting can take place,” the Azerbaijani minister added.
He also touched upon the protests in Armenia, noting that the organizers of the protests are quite well-known personalities in the Armenian society. According to him, “the people holding protests in Armenia made false promises to the Armenian people, lived in illusions for almost 30 years.”
“This is an integral part of the struggle for power, they want to raise the topic of Karabakh again. Of course, we are following these processes, there is not a word about broad public support, at best there are not even five or six thousand people,” Bayramov said.
