Armenia must take legal steps for peace agreement to be signed: Jeyhun Bayramov

Azerbaijan has restored its territorial integrity and sovereignty, thereby ending the conflict, Jeyhun Bayramov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, said today in Ankara at the 13th summit of the Council of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), APA news agency reported, citing the country’s Foreign Ministry.

The minister recalled that the draft peace agreement, drawn up on the basis of principles proposed by Azerbaijan, was initialed last year. He stressed that Armenia must take the necessary political and legal steps for the document to be finally signed.

Bayramov also noted that large-scale reconstruction and construction work is underway in Karabakh and “East Zangezur,” with modern infrastructure being built, and the number of citizens living, working and studying there already reaching nearly 100,000.

In addition, according to the minister, the development of the Middle Corridor, the implementation of the “Zangezur corridor” project, the expansion of transport links, as well as mutual investment and joint programs, are opening up new prospects for cooperation in trade and industry.