Armenia and Azerbaijan have made progress towards a bilateral peace treaty following Yerevan’s latest proposals, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov announced on Wednesday.
“Fewer issues remain open,” Bayramov stated, as reported by Azerbaijani news agencies.
He confirmed that Baku has received new proposals from Armenia regarding the treaty, noting, “We notice positive dynamics on some points,” without providing specific details.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry reported on Tuesday that it officially responded to Azerbaijan’s most recent proposals on the treaty received on April 26, but also withheld details of the written exchanges.
Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart, Ararat Mirzoyan, met in Kazakhstan on May 10-11 for two days of fresh negotiations on the peace accord. Following the talks, Mirzoyan’s press office indicated that “there are still differences” between the two sides.
In recent months, Mirzoyan has consistently expressed concerns that Baku remains hesitant to recognize Armenia’s borders through the treaty. According to the Yerevan newspaper Hraparak, he reiterated these concerns in a meeting with Armenian pro-government lawmakers on May 31.
Conversely, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan minimized the differences between Baku and Yerevan on May 29. He referred to “statements made from Azerbaijan to the effect that they are committed” to the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration, in which Armenia, Azerbaijan, and other newly independent republics recognized each other’s Soviet-era territories. Yerevan seeks to ensure that the Armenian-Azerbaijani treaty upholds that declaration.
