Armenian NA Speaker thinks peace treaty negotiations with Azerbaijan are not at an impasse

YEREVAN, March 25. /ARКА/. The Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, Alen Simonyan, does not believe that the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty negotiations have reached a dead end.

"It was probably a bit unexpected for the Azerbaijani side that we signed the proposal and are moving forward with this approach," he said during a briefing.

Regarding Azerbaijani reports (about alleged shelling on the border by Armenia), Simonyan suggested that these images could become a basis for a separate investigation, conducted bilaterally. "Work is underway in this direction to establish a mechanism aimed at preventing such incidents in the future," Simonyan added.

On the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan

On March 13, the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the draft Treaty "On the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan" had been agreed upon, and negotiations on its approval were completed. The Ministry stated that the document is ready for signing and that Yerevan is prepared to begin consultations with Baku regarding the timing and location of the signing.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that the current content of the draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan represents a version of mutual concessions that is acceptable to Armenia. He stated that two points in the draft treaty, on which the parties had previously failed to reach an agreement and have now compromised, concern the non-deployment of third-country forces along the entire Armenia-Azerbaijan border, as well as the mutual withdrawal of lawsuits filed against each other in international courts and the non-implementation of hostile actions. These same two disagreements were previously highlighted by the President of Azerbaijan.