Azerbaijani President: “We are ready to start peace talks and to sign peace agreement”

“Now we are post-conflict situation where we made several proposals to Armenia to start working on a peace agreement,” President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev said in his speech at the opening of VIII Global Baku Forum - "The World after COVID-19", e-huquq.az reports.

The head of the state noted that because we do not want to talk about war, we want to talk about peace, we want to talk about the future: “Unfortunately this proposal is still not answered. At the same time, we made a proposal to start working on the delimitation and demarcation of our state borders with the recognition of the territorial integrity of both countries. Again it is in line with international law norms and normal behavior and this proposal is not also addressed.

Azerbaijan demonstrates maximum constructiveness despite all the sufferings of almost 30 years of occupation, despite vandalism and barbarism in the liberated territories. We need to look to the future. We need to make the region safe, predictable, and ready for large-scale cooperation. There are different proposals about that, probably you have heard about them. I think that everything will depend on Armenia’s position. Because our position is absolutely clear. Today, once again, I say that we are ready to start peace talks, we are ready to sign a peace agreement, we are ready to turn the page, we are ready to start border delimitation. And you will see that there will be no answer from Armenia. They keep silent for almost one year.”