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Azerbaijan MFA: Number of remaining issues in text of agreement with Armenia has been significantly reduced

28 December 2024 16:22 (UTC +04:00)

"The normalization agenda put forward by Azerbaijan throughout the year was consistently and decisively advanced through direct bilateral negotiations in line with the national interests of the Republic of Azerbaijan," this was reflected in the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the results of 2024, APA reports.

"In 2024, meetings were held between Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan, and Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia, on 17 February, within the framework of the Munich Security Conference, facilitated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in both bilateral and trilateral formats, and bilateral meetings were held in Kazan on 24 October, on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit. Following the instructions given at the high-level meetings, contacts were continued at the level of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs regarding the negotiation of a bilateral agreement that will be the basis of interstate relations.

During the year, a total of five meetings, including on 28-29 February in Berlin, on 10- 11 May in Almaty, on 10 July in Washington within the framework of the Summit dedicated to the 75th anniversary of NATO, on 26 September in New York within the framework of the high-level week of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, and on 18 October in Istanbul within the framework of the “3+3” meeting, were held between the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia. As a result of bilateral negotiations between the parties, significant progress has been made regarding the text of the agreement. Consequently, the number of remaining issues in the text of the agreement has been significantly reduced.

During the year, positive outcomes were achieved in the field of border delimitation and demarcation. According to the agreement reached by the border delimitation commissions of Azerbaijan and Armenia, the return of the Azerbaijani villages of Baganis Ayrim, Ashagi Eskipara, Xeyrimli and Gizilhajili, which were under the occupation of Armenia, to the sovereign control of Azerbaijan, delimitation, and demarcation of up to 13 km of the state border was ensured," the Ministry noted.