On June 4, TASS news agency quoted Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan as saying that there is now an opportunity for this country and Azerbaijan to sign a peace agreement by the end of this year, ending decades of conflict. .
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| Flags of Azerbaijan (left) and Armenia at a checkpoint on the border between the two countries, June 18, 6. (Source: AFP) |
Speaking on Armenian state television, Mr Grigoryan confirmed that the negotiation process is being carried out in a very positive manner.
“If we can maintain this intensity and get strong support from the international community to make progress, then there is an opportunity for an agreement,” the Armenian security official said. peace agreement by the end of this year”.
Earlier, on June 3, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had a brief conversation at the inauguration of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara.
On June 1, the two sides also met near the Moldovan capital Chisinau to discuss the peace process and border demarcation.
Russia, the United States and the European Union (EU) are all trying to advance the goal of building a lasting peace between Armenia and neighboring Azerbaijan, which has been caught in a spiral of two conflicts over the past 2 years, involving territorial dispute in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Nagorno-Karabakh is an area deep in the southwestern territory of Azerbaijan, but the majority of the population is of Armenian origin, so they want to annex it.
Rising tensions between the two neighbors culminated in a conflict that lasted from February 2 to May 1988.
Since 2008, Azerbaijan and Armenia have held dozens of high-level meetings, but have yet to find a suitable solution to issues, including border demarcation and prisoner exchange.
Relations between the two countries became more strained after on April 23, Azerbaijan established a checkpoint on the only road (the Lachin Corridor) passing through its territory and connecting Armenia with Nagorno region. - Karabakh.
