EU’s Kallas welcomes steps toward peace between Baku and Yerevan updated

On August 11, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov held a telephone conversation with Kaja Kallas, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission.

Kallas congratulated Azerbaijan on several recent diplomatic achievements: the Joint Declaration signed by the leaders following the summit between Azerbaijan, the United States, and Armenia; the initialing of the peace agreement; the joint call for dissolving the OSCE Minsk Process and its related structures; and other agreements reached during the Washington meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders.

Both sides underlined the significance of these agreements for ensuring peace and stability in the region. Kallas reaffirmed the EU’s consistent willingness to support progress in the peace process.

The conversation also covered issues and future prospects of Azerbaijan–EU relations, along with discussions on regional and international security matters.

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On August 11, Kaja Kallas, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, held separate telephone conversations with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.

Kallas congratulated both ministers on the significant breakthrough achieved in Washington on August 8, as announced on the European External Action Service (EEAS) X page, Caliber.Az reports.

"The HR/VP offered the EU’s support for the implementation of the agreement, investments in connectivity, on full-fledged normalisation between Armenia and Azerbaijan," Kallas said.

On August 8, 2025, US President Donald Trump hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House for the signing of a US-brokered peace agreement between the two long-standing rivals.

Trump described the deal as a “momentous joint declaration” that commits Armenia and Azerbaijan to “stop all fighting forever; open up commerce, travel and diplomatic relations; and respect each other’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

He also highlighted new economic opportunities, including significant infrastructure development by American companies along a transport corridor dubbed the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity.”

President Aliyev called the agreement the start of a “long-lasting peace, eternal peace in the Caucasus,” emphasising that neither leader intended to withdraw from the deal.

The agreement follows decades of conflict mainly over Karabakh, a territory within Azerbaijan’s borders but formerly populated by ethnic Armenians, who were expelled after the Second Karabakh War.

By Aghakazim Guliyev