
ArmInfo. Before the trilateral meeting in Washington of the leaders of the United States, Armenia and Azerbaijan, Donald Trump, Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev, the Country for Life party presented a number of proposals aimed at resolving the problems existing between Yerevan and Baku.
In particular, according to the party's statement, it is proposed to enshrine a provision according to which Azerbaijan returns all prisoners of war and detainees to Armenia, terminating criminal prosecution against them. The parties undertake to mutually waive any criminal prosecution, as well as administrative and civil claims against each other's citizens, including residents of Artsakh, in connection with the events that took place. The armed forces of Azerbaijan will immediately withdraw from the territory of Armenia, and the demarcation process will be completed within a maximum of 3 years based on the principles and approaches set out in the OSCE manual "Border Demarcation and Delimitation: Challenges and Solutions".
In addition, the parties must commit to eliminating mutual hatred among civil servants of both countries and in the public sphere, and to ending mutual obligations contained in previously signed documents of both countries.
The party also proposes to deploy international peacekeeping forces along the border and in the territory of the former NKAO on an indefinite basis to ensure the return and security of the Armenian population of Artsakh, and to ensure uninterrupted communication between Armenia and Artsakh through international peacekeeping forces. It is also proposed to open roads between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the integration of railways into the existing railway networks operating in both countries, based on the principle of sovereignty and jurisdiction of both countries.
The parties will also have to waive mutual payments for transit transportation of citizens and goods of Armenia and Azerbaijan for a period of 20 years, and ensure the escort of an international support group when transporting citizens and goods of both countries through the territory of the other country.
The international peacekeeping force and support group are being created at the initiative and under the leadership of the United States, the presence of other member states of which is carried out with the consent of Armenia, Azerbaijan and the United States.
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