Despite the ceasefire, deadly clashes continue on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Now a solution should finally be in sight for the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Both sides have “raised very difficult issues” in recent days and made “tangible progress towards a lasting peace agreement,” he said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday at the end of four days of US-brokered talks near Washington.
Peace deal in sight?
The “tempo of the negotiations and the foundations laid” point to a later peace agreement, Blinken was optimistic. He assured both sides of continued American support to “make it to the finish line”.
Such an agreement would be “not only historic, but also in the interest of the people of Azerbaijan and Armenia,” the top diplomat continued. The “dedication and determination to move forward and solve the remaining problems” are “real”. Neither Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirsoyan nor Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Dscheihun Bairamov initially commented publicly on the content of the talks.
Four-day negotiations to resolve the recent conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh began on Monday. According to the government, they took place in a building of the US State Department outside the capital Washington.
What happened?
The two republics of the Caucasus, Azerbaijan and Armenia, have been fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh border region since the collapse of the Soviet Union and have already fought two wars over the area. After recent fighting that left more than 6,500 dead in 2020, Russia came to a ceasefire agreement that forced Armenia to give up large areas. Yet there are always deadly skirmishes on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.
Source: Krone
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