It was announced that President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and President of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation. It was noted that the two leaders discussed the process of normalizing relations with Armenia.
In the statement made by the Presidency of Azerbaijan, it was noted that President Aliyev called Putin and the two leaders exchanged views on the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the post-conflict period and the meeting held in Brussels on 6 April.
According to the statement, Aliyev conveyed to Putin that Yerevan accepted the 5 basic articles presented by Azerbaijan for the establishment of interstate relations with Armenia.
It was also noted that during the phone call, the establishment of a working group for the drafting of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the establishment of a commission to determine the borders, and also the activities of the working group on transportation with the participation of Azerbaijan, Russia and Armenia were discussed.
The Presidency of Azerbaijan also reported that the leaders reiterated their mutual intention to maintain close cooperation on the current agenda of bilateral relations.
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met in Brussels last week, hosted by the European Union. The leaders, who met for the third time after the war between the two countries over Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020, agreed to start peace talks.
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, who mediated the talks, told reporters after the meeting: “I am sure we have taken an important step in the right direction. Of course, this does not mean that everything is resolved.”
Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov said that five main principles were conveyed to Armenia at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, which he attended last month.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan listed these five principles as follows:
mutual recognition of respect for sovereignty, territorial integrity, the inviolability of internationally recognized borders and each other’s political independence;
Confirmation of the absence of mutual territorial claims and acceptance of legally binding obligations not to make such claims in the future;
The obligation to refrain from harming each other’s security in interstate relations, threats to political independence and territorial integrity, and the use of force and other situations incompatible with the purposes of the UN Charter;
Determination of state borders and establishment of diplomatic relations;
Removing transport and other communication barriers, establishing other communications as appropriate, and establishing cooperation in other areas of mutual interest.”