RA MFA presents agreement initialed in Washington between Armenia and  Azerbaijan on  establishment of peace and interstate relations

ArmInfo.The RA MFA has presented the initialed agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the establishment of peace and interstate relations.

The agreement consists of 17 articles. The preamble of the document  states that the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan,  recognizing the urgent need to establish a just, comprehensive and  lasting peace in the region, seeking to contribute to the achievement  of this goal through the establishment of interstate relations,  guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Declaration on  Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and  Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the  United Nations (1970), the Final Act of the Helsinki Conference on  Security and Co- operation in Europe (1975) and the Almaty  Declaration of December 21, 1991, and aiming to develop relations on  the basis of the norms and principles enshrined in the aforementioned  documents, expressing their mutual desire to establish  good-neighborly relations between them, have agreed to establish  peace and interstate relations. 

The document confirms that the parties recognize and respect each  other's sovereignty, territorial integrity, inviolability of  international borders and political independence. They confirm that  they have no territorial claims against each other and will not make  such claims in the future. The Parties shall not take any action,  including planning, preparation, encouragement or support for such  actions, aimed at the dismemberment or disruption, in whole or in  part, of the territorial integrity or political unity of the other  Party.

 The Parties will refrain in their mutual relations from the threat  or use of force against the territorial integrity or political  independence of any Party or in any other manner inconsistent with  the Charter of the United Nations. They will not permit any third  party to use their respective  territories against the other Party  for the use of force  inconsistent with the Charter of the United  Nations. The Parties shall refrain from interfering in each other's  internal affairs. Within _____ days after the exchange of  notifications by both Parties that their internal procedures for  ratification of this Agreement have been completed, the Parties shall  establish diplomatic relations with each other in accordance with the  provisions of the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular  Relations of 1961 and 1963, respectively.

In full compliance with their obligations, the Parties shall conduct   negotiations in good faith between the relevant border commissions,  in accordance with the regulations  agreed upon by the Commissions,  with a view to concluding an agreement on the delimitation and  demarcation of the state border between them.  The Parties shall not  deploy any third party  forces along their common border. The  Parties, pending the demarcation of their mutual border and  subsequent demarcation, will implement mutually agreed security and  confidence-building measures, including in the military sphere, to  ensure security and stability in the border areas. Both States  undertake to address  the cases of missing persons.