Wednesday, November 22 2023 11:25

ArmInfo. Below is a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia in response  to the statement of November 21 by the MFA of Azerbaijan.

The Armenian side, once again reaffirming the political will of  Armenia to make efforts towards the normalization of relations with  Azerbaijan and the establishment of peace and stability in the South  Caucasus, on November 21, sent to the Azerbaijani side its 6th  edition of the agreement on the normalization of relations.

We consider it necessary to remind that Armenia, after receiving the  latest proposals from Azerbaijan, was in the process of reviewing  them and had willingness to continue negotiations on the draft  agreement, despite the deteriorating day by day humanitarian crisis  resulting from the dire blockade in Nagorno- Karabakh. On September  19, Azerbaijan carried out a large-scale military attack against the  people of Nagorno-Karabakh, which resulted in the forced displacement  of the entire Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Afterwards, continuing to openly ignore 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 within the  framework of the European political Community, and then in Brussels,  despite the fact that these five-party and trilateral meetings were  agreed in advance.

The Armenian side continued working on the text of the agreement and  considered it more effective to present it to the Azerbaijani side  during the scheduled meetings. However, in order to prevent attempts  to deadlock the negotiation process and aimed at achieving lasting  peace in our region, the Republic of Armenia constructively sent its  comments on the draft agreement. As demonstrated numerous times  before, Armenia proved its readiness to resume engagement in the  negotiations, guided by the following principles:

mutual recognition of each other's territorial integrity without any  ambiguity and respect for it,

future delimitation process on the basis of the Alma-Ata Declaration  and the most recent legitimate maps of the Soviet Union,

unblocking of the regional communications on the basis of 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  difficulties and challenges, there is a real chance of establishing  peace between the two countries, which can be implemented if both  sides have political will. The Armenian side continues to demonstrate  such will. One of its manifestations is that Armenia proposed to  Azerbaijan to hold a meeting of the delimitation commission on the  state border between the two countries.