Nikol Pashinyan: If Azerbaijan doesn`t reject  principles adopted in  Brussels, signing of  peace treaty in coming months becomes very  realistic

ArmInfo. We hope to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan in the coming months based on the following three principles agreed upon in the negotiations held in Brussels: This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, speaking at a panel discussion on the topic "Cooperation in the conditions of competition, building peace and building a safer world" within the framework of the 6th Paris Peace Forum.

As the press service of the RA Prime Minister reported, the head of  government in his speech stated, in particular:

"Principle number 1. Armenia and Azerbaijan fully recognize each  other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, based on the  understanding that Armenia's territory covers 29.800 km2 and  Azerbaijan's 86.600 km2.

Principle number 2. Armenia and Azerbaijan confirm their unequivocal  commitment to the 1991 Almaty Declaration as a political framework  for the delimitation.

For your information Almaty Declaration was signed by the 12  republics of the Soviet Union on December 21, 1991. Under that  declaration, the 12 republics of the former USSR, including  Azerbaijan and Armenia, recognize each other's territorial integrity,  sovereignty, the inviolability of existing, that is, administrative  borders, and therefore the existing administrative borders between  the republics of the Soviet Union become state borders.

Principle number 3. Future transport arrangements for unblocking  transport and economic links in the region will respect the  principles of sovereignty, jurisdiction, reciprocity and equality of  all countries.  We reached an agreement on these principles during  the negotiations with the President of Azerbaijan in Brussels, and  these agreements were recorded in the statements of the President of  the EU Council, Charles Michel, following the May 14 and July 15 2023  trilateral meetings.

French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz  also expressed their support for these principles, which is expressed  in the quadrilateral statement of Granada signed by Charles Michel,  Olaf Scholz, Emmanuel Macron and me.

And if Azerbaijan doesn't reject those principles, it means that  signing a peace treaty with Azerbaijan in the coming months becomes  very realistic. Unfortunately, the president of Azerbaijan refused to  participate in the five-party meeting in Granada, last month.

The planned trilateral meeting in Brussels in October did not take  place, and I have not received an invitation to the next meeting from  Charles Michel. I hope our EU partners are committed to their  obligations," the head of the Armenian government said.