Azerbaijani parliament speaker: Time for signing of peace treaty with Armenia

Chairperson of the Azerbaijani parliament Sahiba Gafarova has said that it is time for the signing of a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia after the end of the second Karabakh war.

Gafarova made the remarks at the 54th plenary session of the Inter-Parliamentary Assembly of the Commonwealth of Independent States in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on October 28, Report informs.

The chairperson noted that the mines planted by Armenia are still one of the biggest obstacles to the restoration work.

She added that more than 260 Azerbaijani citizens died or were severely wounded as a result of mine explosions in the post-war period.

The chairperson noted that the mines were planted by Armenia both during the years of occupation and after the war.