Azerbaijan expects that at the next stage, Armenia will amend the Constitution, eliminating territorial claims against Baku. This was stated by the local media by Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elnur Mamedov.
“Now the ball is on the side of Armenia. We are waiting for the steps that they should take at the next stage. Currently, the meeting of the heads of the Foreign Ministry is not planned,” Mamedov said.
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According to him, also during this period, the parties intend to contact the Minsk OSCE group for its elimination. “According to one of the last two articles of the peace agreement, the parties undertake to withdraw mutual claims in international courts. This is already reflected in the current text of the contract,” he said.
According to him, after the signing of a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the parties will withdraw mutual claims filed in international courts. Referring to the statement of Azerbaijan on the completion of negotiations on the text of a peace agreement, the diplomat noted that the process is moving in this direction.
“After the Patriotic War, Azerbaijan filed interstate claims against Armenia in connection with the 30-year occupation, ethnic cleaning and other international crimes. These cases are at different stages of consideration in the European Court of Human Rights, the International Judicial Court of Justice and the International Arbitration Court. Over the past two years, work has been conducted on the normalization of interstate relations, and On the eve of Foreign Minister Jahun Bayramov announced the coordination of 17 articles of a peace treaty, ”said the deputy head of the Foreign Ministry.