Azerbaijan imposed five conditions on Armenia to reach a peace agreement

Oct. 4 () –

The Government of Azerbaijan imposed five conditions on Armenia to achieve a peace agreement between both parties, which included the recognition of the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the country, the dissolution of the Defense Army of that region, as well as a process of delimitation of the borders according to the maps of the year 1920.

These demands of the Azeri Executive are part of the draft text of the peace treaty agreed between the two countries, whose details, as Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinián mentioned in an interview, were only known by himself and a narrow circle, as detailed the newspaper ‘Haykakan Zhamanak’.

Among other requests, the Government of Azerbaijan requested the establishment of a corridor through the territory of Armenia known as the Zangezur Corridor, as well as the opening of an investigation to determine the fate of the missing Azerbaijani soldiers.

In order to agree on a peace between the two countries, Azerbaijan has assured that it is necessary that its five requests be addressed, although it has shown its willingness to change its mind and look for another option, according to the aforementioned newspaper.

The governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire in mid-September after the latest clashes on the border, which left more than 200 soldiers dead on both sides.

The fighting is the most serious since 2020, when they clashed over control of Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory with a majority Armenian population that has been a focus of conflict since it decided to separate in 1988 from the Azerbaijan region integrated into the Soviet Union.