Baku`s policy becoming more and more incomprehensible - MP

ArmInfo. Secretary of the ruling Civil Contract faction of the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia Artur Hovhannisyan does not believe that the  situation is heading towards destabilization.

However, in a conversation with journalists on March 18, the MP noted  that against the backdrop of the peaceful calls of the Armenian  authorities, incomprehensible statements are being made from  Azerbaijan that are in no way connected with the process of  normalizing Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and signing a peace treaty  between the parties. The Office of the Prime Minister of the Republic  of Armenia has already made a corresponding statement, which pointed  out that Baku's accusations of ceasefire violations do not correspond  to reality. Moreover, Hovhannisyan emphasized, the Armenian side  expects Azerbaijan to provide factual data on violations so that the  Armenian side can conduct relevant studies. "Baku has not provided  any data, and there cannot be any," the MP said.

He once again recalled the ceasefire control mechanism proposed by  Yerevan, to which no response has been received. "Nevertheless, I do  not believe that the situation is developing in a different  direction. There is a bilateral agreement on the text of the peace  treaty, the negotiations on which have been going on for quite a long  time. After 10 times agreeing on the text, the Armenian side agreed  to two controversial points, on which the Azerbaijani side presented  its proposals. Against this background, such a policy of Baku becomes  even more incomprehensible to us, especially in the context of the  positive reaction of the international community to the agreements  reached," the MP said, calling on Azerbaijan to return to a  constructive course and begin the process of signing the agreed  document. 

Speaking about the statement by the press secretary of the ruling  Justice and Development Party of Turkey, Omer Celik, who said that  the peace treaty will not be signed until the provisions directly  related to the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan are excluded from  the Constitution of Armenia, Hovhannisyan noted that the issue with  the Basic Law of the country is an internal matter of the republic,  and no one has the right to interfere in the internal affairs of the  state with any of their demands. "The provisions of the Constitution  of the Republic of Armenia, which allegedly contain territorial  claims, are decided on the basis of the Regulations of the work of  the commissions on delimitation of borders between states," the  parliamentarian said.

Earlier today the office of the Prime Minister of the Republic of  Armenia issued a statement in connection with Baku's accusations of  violating the ceasefire regime. "From March 16 to 18 of this year,  the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan issued 6  messages about alleged violations of the ceasefire by the Armenian  army on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Following all of these  messages, the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia  conducted verification work and, based on the results of the  verification, refuted the allegations of ceasefire violation by the  Armenian army. In all of these refutation messages, the RA Ministry  of Defense recalled the proposal of the Office of the Prime Minister  of the Republic of Armenia dated June 22, 2024 to create a joint  Armenian-Azerbaijani mechanism to investigate cases of ceasefire  violations and/or similar information about them, to which Azerbaijan  has not yet responded positively. The message of the RA Ministry of  Defense dated March 17, 2025 recorded that the RA Ministry of Defense  is ready to investigate the facts underlying the justification of  Azerbaijan's messages if they are transferred to the Republic of  Armenia. We note that at the moment, the Republic of Azerbaijan has  not sent the Republic of Armenia any factual data or justification  for the violation of the ceasefire by the RA army. The Office of the  Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, reaffirming its proposal  to establish a joint Armenia-Azerbaijan mechanism to investigate  cases of ceasefire violations and/or similar information about them,  states that the RA army has no grounds or instructions to violate the  ceasefire. The Government of the Republic of Armenia is guided by the  peace agenda, which is an indisputable proof of the steps aimed at  finalizing the text of the agreement on the establishment of peace  and interstate relations between the Republic of Armenia and the  Republic of Azerbaijan. Reaching an agreement on the text of the  peace agreement and completing the negotiations on agreeing on the  text is an important step, and the Republic of Armenia calls on the  Republic of Azerbaijan to begin consultations on the place and timing  of signing the agreement. We consider it necessary to emphasize that  the agreed text of the draft Agreement touches upon the fundamental  issues of establishing peace and relations between Armenia and  Azerbaijan and provides for mechanisms for discussing further  actions. We also consider it necessary to note that in January 2025,  the Republic of Armenia submitted in writing to the Republic of  Azerbaijan a proposal to resolve the problem of rail freight  transportation from the western regions of Azerbaijan through the  territory of the Republic of Armenia to the NAR, in the opposite  direction and to third countries, and from the northwestern regions  of the Republic of Armenia through the territory of Azerbaijan to the  southern part of the Republic of Armenia, in the opposite direction  and to third countries, as well as a proposal to create a bilateral  mechanism for mutual arms control and is waiting for a positive  response from Azerbaijan," the statement said.