NATO ex-Secretary General calls on Azerbaijan to agree to sustainable peace with Armenia

Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former Secretary General of NATO and founder of Rasmussen Global, has said that Armenia’s democratic allies must make clear to Azerbaijan that the time has come to agree a sustainable peace with Armenia.

“Began my visit to Armenia with ambassadors from the G7 and European Union.  Armenia’s democratic allies must make clear to Azerbaijan: the time has come to agree a sustainable peace with Armenia,” Rasmussen said on X.

Days after Armenia and Azerbaijan announced that the negotiations around the peace treaty terms have been successfully concluded, the Azerbaijani government started a massive disinformation campaign falsely accusing Armenia of firing at its military positions across the border. The accusations have been numerously denied by the Armenian military. Furthermore, the Azerbaijani authorities refused to provide any evidence in support of their accusations. The report on border shootings was also denied by the EU monitoring mission in Armenia. Azerbaijan has also been making preconditions: demanding Armenian constitutional changes by falsely claiming that it contains territorial claims against Azerbaijan, as well as the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group.

On March 20, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reiterated readiness to sign the peace agreement with Azerbaijan.