Armenia reiterates readiness to sign peace deal with Azerbaijan but so far no willingness from Baku, says FM

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Tuesday reiterated readiness to launch consultations with Azerbaijan to choose a venue and date for signing the peace agreement.

Mirzoyan, speaking at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Yerevan, said that so far there’s been no such readiness expressed by Azerbaijan.

“Official Yerevan proposed to launch consultations to determine the place, time and other details of signing the agreement. As of this moment we haven’t heard the same readiness by official Baku,” Mirzoyan said when asked whether consultations have already taken place.

“Parallel with, and following the conclusion of the text of the peace agreement, Azerbaijan has been seeing some other preconditions. You’d ask, what must be done? We must continue to work, negotiate, find mutually acceptable solutions, dignified solutions, solutions ensuring lasting peace, there is simply no alternative. Indeed, at this moment we don’t have a [mutual] understanding about where and when it will be signed. We are ready to maximally swiftly be engaged in that process and put our signature,” Mirzoyan said.