Armenia offers Azerbaijan to hold meeting of demarcation commissions on state border

The Armenian side, once again reaffirming its political will to make efforts towards the normalization of relations with Azerbaijan and the establishment of peace and stability in the South Caucasus, on November 21, submitted its 6th proposal of the agreement on the normalization of relations to the Azerbaijani side, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a statement today.

“We consider it worth reminding that while Armenia was considering Azerbaijan’s latest proposals and was ready to continue negotiations on the draft agreement, despite the humanitarian crisis that was worsening day by day due to the heavy blockade in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan launched a large-scale military attack against the people of Nagorno Karabakh on September 19, which led to the forced displacement of the entire Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Further, continuing to openly disregard the possibility of returning to the peace process and the efforts of international partners in that direction, the Azerbaijani side did not participate in the meetings at the level of heads of states first in Granada and then in Brussels within the framework of the European Political Community, although these five-party and trilateral meetings were previously agreed upon.

The Armenian side continued to work on the text of the agreement and considered it more effective to present it to Azerbaijan during the supposed meetings. However, in order to prevent the negotiation process from stalling and achieve lasting peace in our region, Armenia has constructively conveyed its views on the agreement and has repeatedly proven its readiness to re-engage in the negotiations based on:

• mutual recognition and respect of each other’s territorial integrity without ambiguity,
• implementation of the further delimitation process in accordance with the Alma-Ata Declaration and the most recent legitimate Soviet maps;
• unblocking the region’s communications based on full respect for the sovereignty and jurisdiction of states and the principles of equality and reciprocity.

The Armenian side continues to believe that despite all the complications and challenges, there is a real possibility of establishing peace between the two countries, which can be realized if there is political will on both sides. The Armenian side continues to demonstrate that will. One of the expressions of that will is also the fact that Armenia offered Azerbaijan to hold a meeting of demarcation commissions on the state border between the two countries,” the Foreign Ministry said.