15 provisions agreed upon in draft peace treaty with Armenia -  Bayramov

ArmInfo. The draft peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia includes 17 provisions, 15 of which have already been agreed upon, as stated by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov to journalists, APA reports.

He noted that work is ongoing on the remaining two provisions.  According to the minister, the draft peace treaty consists of 17  provisions and a preamble: "The texts of the preamble and 15  provisions have been almost fully agreed upon. However, there are  still open questions regarding 2 articles. Work on them continues.  Several rounds of negotiations have taken place and text exchanges  have been carried out.  So far, a fully agreed version has not been  reached yet. The work is ongoing," the Azerbaijani minister said,  adding that during the post-conflict period, Azerbaijan and Armenia  have continued peace talks and exchanges on the text. "Negotiations  between Azerbaijan and Armenia on normalization have continued.   Numerous meetings have also been held on the peace agreement, and  text exchanges have also continued.  Despite the open questions,  there has been significant progress," the head of the Azerbaijani  Foreign Ministry said. He once again pointed to the Constitution of  Armenia, which, according to Baku, contains territorial claims  against Azerbaijan.

"The recent decision of the Constitutional Court of Armenia has  further complicated the issue, because the preamble of Armenia's  Constitution refers to a document from the time when Armenia gained  independence, and that document also includes territorial claims  against Azerbaijan," Jeyhun Bayramov noted. The head of the  Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry has once again raised the issue of the  so-called "Zangezur Corridor." "Azerbaijan is continuing work at an  accelerated pace on its territory to open the Zangezur Corridor, and  the construction of a bridge across the Araz River is currently  underway. "The corridor's opening hinges on Armenia fulfilling all of  its obligations, but there is no final positive decision on this  matter," the head of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry said.