Azerbaijan stated on Tuesday that the territorial claims made in Armenia‘s structure are the “main obstacle” within the completion of the peace settlement between the 2 international locations.
“Currently, the main obstacle to the completion of the peace treaty is the territorial claims against our countries (Azerbaijan and Türkiye) in the Armenian constitution,” Jeyhun Bayramov stated at a press convention along with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan within the capital Ankara.
Bayramov stated that regardless of the optimistic dynamics in negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, together with an settlement on a “significant part” of the draft peace settlement, territorial claims nonetheless exist in opposition to Baku in Armenia’s structure and a variety of different authorized paperwork.
“At the same time, it is no secret that Armenia has territorial claims against the Republic of Türkiye,” Bayramov stated, describing Yerevan’s fast armament a “disturbing trend.”
He additionally stated that there are a variety of third international locations which can be driving Armenia to quickly arm itself, which he stated is a “very wrong policy” and a coverage that “can and should be considered as an additional source of threat for the region.”
“We are monitoring all these processes. All work related to these developments is being implemented in a coordinated manner between Azerbaijan and Türkiye … Azerbaijan and Türkiye have the same stance. This is mutual support, strategic partnership and alliance relations. And it will continue like this,” Bayramov went on to say.
BILATERAL TIES
Commenting on bilateral relations with Türkiye, Bayramov stated the turnover of bilateral commerce final yr totaled $8 billion.
He famous that Azerbaijan’s investments within the Turkish economic system had additionally elevated by $20 billion, including that these developments continued into the newest interval this yr.
Bayramov additionally emphasised the significance of cooperation between Baku and Ankara within the discipline of power, saying that this cooperation produced outcomes not solely on the bilateral degree, but additionally “changed the energy map of Eurasia.”
He additionally stated the development of the Iğdır-Nakhchivan pure fuel pipeline would quickly be full, offering further alternatives to each international locations.
Iğdır-Nakhchivan is a brand new 85-kilometer (53-mile) fuel pipeline that can run from japanese Türkiye to Sederek in western Azerbaijan, with an annual capability of 500 million cubic meters.
The development of the pipeline started in September 2023.
Bayramov went on to say that the annual capability of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway line had elevated from 1 million to five million tons, including that this was anticipated this to supply transportation advantages.
Source: www.anews.com.tr