Thursday, April 28 2022 17:02

ArmInfo. I hope that an agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia will be reached on the basis of the principles presented by President Ilham Aliyev. This was  stated by advisor to the Prime Minister of Romania Julian Cifu at the  international forum "South Caucasus:  Development and Cooperation" in  Shushi.

He stressed the importance of reaching an agreement on the  delimitation of the borders of Azerbaijan and Armenia. "I hope that  steps in this direction may be taken on the basis of 5-clause  proposal, presented by Ilham Aliyev. The second point is the  delimitation of borders, which is a technical part. It is very  important. Truly, you can do both of these. But there should first be  an agreement. If you can realize an agreement, which confirms  independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and respect  principles of countries, I think, the delimitation, which is a  technical part, can be done. These are very significant steps  forward. But I would recommend that you first turn to the economic  side of the issue. Because if you can integrate Armenia with  Azerbaijan and Turkiye from an economic point of view, than  Azerbaijan will have great additional opportunities," the Romanian  official said, APA reports.

It should be noted that on March 14, the Armenian Foreign Ministry  issued a statement, in which, in particular, it stated that " The  Republic of Armenia responded to the proposals of the Republic of  Azerbaijan and applied to the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairmanship to  organize negotiations on the signing of peace agreement between the  Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the basis of  the UN Charter, the International Covenant on Civil and Political  Rights and the Helsinki Final Act."

After this statement of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, the  Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry published proposals of 5 points sent to  Yerevan. This, in particular, refers to the following proposals:  "Mutual recognition by states of sovereignty, territorial integrity,  inviolability of state borders and political independence of each  other; mutual confirmation by states of the absence of territorial  claims against each other and their acceptance of a legal obligation  not to make such claims in the future; refrain from threatening each  other's security in international relations, using threats and force  against political independence and territorial integrity, as well as  other circumstances that do not correspond to the purposes of the UN  Charter; delimitation and demarcation of the state border,  establishment of diplomatic relations; opening transport links and  communications, establishing other relevant communications and  cooperation in other areas of mutual interest".

The opposition criticized these actions of the Armenian Foreign  Ministry, recalling that the OSCE Minsk Group does not have a mandate  to negotiate the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani bilateral  relations.