YEREVAN, Oct 18 (NNN-TASS) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that Armenia is ready to sign a peace agreement with Azerbaijan by the end of this year.
Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed confidence that a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan could be reached if both sides showed good will and reduced barriers in reaching a consensus on common borders. between two countries.
Pashinyan made the above statement before negotiations mediated by the European Union (EU) between the Prime Minister of Armenia and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev are expected to take place at the end of October in Brussels, Belgium.
Currently, the time of the negotiations has not been specifically determined.
The Nagorny-Karabakh region is located deep in the southwestern territory of Azerbaijan but has a majority of people of Armenian origin and wants to merge with the country. Therefore, there is a persistent sovereignty dispute here.
On Sept 19, Azerbaijan launched a military campaign in Nagorny-Karabakh .
A day later, with the intermediary role of the Russian Peace Keeping Force here, representatives of Azerbaijan and the armed forces of Armenian origin in this territory reached an agreement to end hostilities, and accordingly, the Armenian forces agreed to disarm. — NNN-TASS
