Published September 16,2024
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In a Monday telephone name, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken mentioned peace talks with Azerbaijan’s Caucasus neighbor Armenia.
“Antony Blinken stressed the importance of achieving lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan, stating that the U.S. will continue to make efforts toward this goal,” stated the Azerbaijan Presidency in a press release.
Blinken described the successes achieved within the technique of border demarcation between Azerbaijan and Armenia and the signing of rules on joint actions of the border demarcation commissions on Aug. 30 “as a positive step.”
“Stating that peace now exists in the region, the President of our country emphasized that it is precisely through Azerbaijan’s efforts that new realities and a status quo based on justice and international law have emerged in our region,” the assertion added.
Saying that the initiative to begin peace negotiations with Armenia got here from Azerbaijan, Aliyev underlined that for the peace settlement to be signed, Armenia must take away its territorial claims towards Azerbaijan from its Constitution and different authorized provisions.
“Addressing the issue of border delimitation, President Ilham Aliyev noted the positive results achieved within the framework of the bilateral process and stated that this process will be conducted based on the Regulation,” it stated
Aliyev additionally stated the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Minsk Group, which was established to resolve the Karabakh challenge between Armenia and Azerbaijan however was famous for its lack of success over the course of practically 30 years, ought to be dissolved.
Aliyev and Blinken additionally mentioned COP 29, the UN local weather change convention Azerbaijan is ready to host on Nov. 11-22, in addition to bilateral relations.
TENSE RELATIONS
Relations between southern Caucasus international locations have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian navy occupied Karabakh, a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjoining areas.
Most of the territory was liberated by Azerbaijan throughout a 44-day battle within the fall of 2020, which ended after a Russian-brokered peace settlement that opened the door to normalization and the demarcation of their border.
In September 2023, Azerbaijan established full sovereignty in Karabakh following an “anti-terrorist operation” after which separatist forces within the area surrendered.
Source: www.anews.com.tr