Accurate assessment of historical opportunity and signing of peace  treaty requires revision of Armenia`s Constitution - official Baku 

ArmInfo.Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, at a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Turkic States, once again stated that "Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan must be resolved in order to  sign a peace treaty."

According to Azerbaijani media, Bayramov noted that in the emerging  new international security architecture, the Organization of Turkic  States has the potential to play a more important role as a symbol of  unification. "Azerbaijan's consistent efforts and targeted actions  toward normalization with Armenia, which has been in a state of  conflict for decades, are also aimed at establishing peace and  stability in our region," he said.

Jeyhun Bayramov also noted that "after Azerbaijan fully restored its  sovereignty in 2023, direct contacts and joint efforts between the  parties to normalize relations with Armenia have become even more  intense." 

"In this context, the summit held on August 8 in the United States  and the documents signed are of historic significance. To properly  assess this historic opportunity and sign a peace treaty, it is  essential that Armenia eliminate its constitutionally enshrined  territorial claims against Azerbaijan," he stated.

As a reminder, on August 8, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan  and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a joint "Declaration of  Peace" in Washington. It includes a joint appeal to the Organization  for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to terminate the OSCE  Minsk Process and related structures, as well as the creation of a  transport corridor through Armenian territory that will connect  Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave. The TRIPP (Trump Route for  International Peace and Prosperity) project, a 42-kilometer road in  southern Armenia whose management will be entrusted to the United  States for a period of 99 years, is believed by experts to have the  potential to significantly change the geopolitical situation in the  South Caucasus.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has repeatedly stated on  various platforms that the Armenian Constitution does not contain  territorial claims against Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, the Azerbaijani  Constitution does contain territorial claims against the Republic of  Armenia. "It refers to the 1991 Act of Independence, as well as the  1918 Declaration of Independence of Azerbaijan, which states that  today's Azerbaijan is the legal successor to the First Azerbaijan  Republic, mentions Southern and Western Transcaucasia as part of it,  and contains territorial claims to the regions of Tavush,  Gegharkunik, and Ararat. Compared to our Constitution, the  Azerbaijani Constitution contains territorial claims against Armenia.  We are not raising this issue because the agreed-upon articles of the  peace treaty already stipulate that neither side can refer to its own  domestic legislation," Pashinyan stated earlier.