Armenia ready for peace treaty with Azerbaijan, Pashinyan tells EU Parliament
Armenia is ready to sign a peace treaty and settle its relations with Azerbaijan by the end of the year, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during his speech at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Oct. 17, Azatutyun Radio reported.
Yerevan is committed to peace and is prepared to sign a peace treaty that would include mutual recognition of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of both countries and the opening of transport routes on the basis of the principles of sovereignty of each country through which they pass.
Pashinyan expressed concern that Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev might use the issue of the so-called "corridor" as a pretext for a new attack on Armenia to seize more of its territories, and asked for the support of the European parliamentarians in establishing peace in the region.
He also accused Armenia's formal allies of failing to help the country solve its security problems, especially in Nagorno-Karabakh, where 100,000 Armenians have fled after Azerbaijan's attack. The security allies "not only failed to help but also publicly called for a change of government in Armenia and the overthrow of the democratic government," Pashinyan said, adding that Armenia was ready to move closer to the European Union "to the extent that the EU considers it possible."
Earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken warned a group of lawmakers that the U.S. State Department is monitoring the possibility of Azerbaijan's invading part of Armenia in the near future.
Azerbaijan announced it had launched the beginning of "anti-terrorist measures" in Nagorno-Karabakh on Sept. 19 to "restore constitutional order."
The unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh surrendered and decided to cease fire on Sept. 20. Aliyev said that his country had "fulfilled all the tasks of the anti-terrorist operation" in one day and "restored sovereignty."
Azerbaijan recognized Armenia's territorial integrity on Sept. 30.
The unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from Jan. 1, 2024. The relevant decree was signed by the so-called head of the region, Samvel Shahramanyan, Azatutyun Radio reported.
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