Armenia, Azerbaijan still disagree over main issues in peace talks – Vice Speaker

YEREVAN, JUNE 26, ARMENPRESS. Armenia and Azerbaijan still have disagreements over the main issues around the possible peace treaty, Vice Speaker of Parliament Ruben Rubinyan told reporters on Monday.

“We expect progress,” he said when asked on the upcoming Armenia-Azerbaijan foreign ministerial meeting in Washington D.C.

“Armenia’s position is that we want to have the kind of a text of a peace treaty that would be in our interests and would be possible to sign. Naturally, this is a difficult process, there are issues around which we disagree. But there are also issues that we already agree upon. But there are disagreements on main issues,” Rubinyan said.

The expectation is that it will be possible to bring positions closer.

Rubinyan said he hopes that the agreement on sovereignty and jurisdiction of parties in context of unblocking will be stipulated on paper.

He said Armenia wants to have a peace treaty in line with its interests as soon as possible and pointed out three most important issues. “First, to place a specific map in the basis of mutual recognition of territorial integrity. Second, address the rights and security of the people of NK, which we believe must take place through Baku-Stepanakert dialogue under an international mechanism. Third, the institute of guarantors,” he said, highlighting the need for guarantors because Azerbaijan has violated every clause of the 9 November 2020 agreement.