There is a need to discuss the open provisions of the draft peace agreement with Armenia, Aykhan Hajizada, the spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in an interview with Report.
Hajizada noted that in the last few weeks, Armenian officials have only been making more contradictory statements:
“They distort the realities of the peace process and make relevant comments in this regard. The Armenian side proposes that a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia be signed while maintaining the currently agreed provisions. However, Azerbaijan has stated several times that this is not an acceptable option. There is a rule for any draft agreement that nothing is considered agreed until everything is agreed.”
The MFA official said negotiations on the draft are closed and details are not open to the general public:
“However, we can note that many provisions of the draft, about 80%, have been agreed upon so far, while some provisions have not been agreed upon, meaning there is no final agreement. But this does not mean that, as the Armenian side suggests, the agreement should be signed by removing the unagreed provisions from the draft. Because for the peace agreement to be sustainable and successful, a number of problematic issues between the two countries need to be clarified in the draft.”
Hajizada stressed that there is a need to discuss the open provisions of the draft agreement: “In general, for the draft agreement to be signed, Armenia must first make appropriate changes to its Constitution, which currently refers to the territorial claims against our country. As long as Armenia does not end the ongoing claims to our territories in its legislative acts, there can be no talk of true peace between the two countries.”
Read the full interview here.