12:44, 14 March 2023

YEREVAN, MARCH 14, ARMENPRESS. Armenia recently received a proposal from Azerbaijan around its proposals of the draft peace treaty, PM Pashinyan said on March 14.

He said that in mid-February Armenia relayed to Azerbaijan its response regarding a peace treaty project, and a few days ago Baku responded to it as well. “What can I say about this document? Is there any progress there? I have to underscore that we do see some progress. But the more progress we see the more fundamental problems emerge. Which are these fundamental problems? We see that Azerbaijan is trying to form territorial claims against the Republic of Armenia through the possible peace treaty, which is naturally a red line for us. We also see that Azerbaijan is pursuing a line for us not to have a system of guarantees of implementation of the treaty, which is also a red line for us. Because today we have a signed, published document which is not being implemented. I am referring to the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement. By that statement the Lachin Corridor must not be closed in any way, but it is. Therefore, this further underscores Armenia’s sensitivity in the issue that any document that could be signed must have guarantees of implementation, preferably international guarantees,” the Prime Minister said, adding that this is Armenia’s understanding around the proposals made by Azerbaijan, which can’t be groundless.