Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said he has offered neighboring Azerbaijan to sign a non-aggression pact. “We have submitted to Azerbaijan a proposal for a mutual arms control mechanism and the signing of a non-aggression pact if the signing of a peace treaty is postponed,” Pashinyan said in a speech on the occasion of the Armenian Army Day on Sunday.
Pashinyan and Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev had originally promised to sign a peace deal by the end of 2023. However, so far no breakthrough has been achieved in the internationally mediated peace talks.
Enemies for decades
The neighboring Caucasus republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan have been enemies for decades, mainly because of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which belongs to Azerbaijan under international law. Azerbaijan took full control of Nagorno-Karabakh in a major military offensive in September. As a result, almost all ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh, including more than 100,000 people, fled to Armenia.
Last month, Armenia and Azerbaijan exchanged prisoners of war. The EU, the US and regional powers Turkey and Russia hailed the move as a “breakthrough”. The prisoner exchange raised hopes that direct talks between Pashinyan and Aliyev on normalizing bilateral ties would resume. The two had met several times through EU Council President Charles Michel, but their dialogue has been suspended since October.
Source: Krone
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