Envoy: Azerbaijan and Armenia may sign peace agreement next week in Chisinau

Azerbaijan and Armenia could sign a peace settlement when their leaders meet at a European summit next week, Baku’s envoy to France said on May 26, Report informs referring to Reuters.

Up to 47 heads of state, government and EU institutions are expected to attend the summit of the European Political Community (EPC) in Moldova next Thursday, which brings together EU member states and 17 other European countries.

On the sidelines, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev are due to hold high-level talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, diplomatic sources said.

"On June 1 in Chisinau we hope that finally a peace treaty can be signed," Leyla Abdullayeva told a small group of reporters in Paris.

"It's a historic moment and a momentum that can't be missed," she said.