FM: Armenia ready to start peace consultations with Baku at any time

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has not confirmed reports that a peace treaty with Azerbaijan could be signed early next year.

According to Caliber.Az, citing Armenian media, Mirzoyan stated that no consultations had yet taken place regarding the time or location of such a signing.

He stressed that Yerevan, both before the initialling of the document in Washington and after the text was agreed in mid-March, had consistently expressed readiness to begin consultations at any moment to conclude a final peace agreement with Baku.

His remarks come in the wake of major diplomatic developments at the Washington summit hosted by US President Donald Trump, where Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint declaration outlining a seven-point framework. This document underscores respect for sovereignty, recognition of territorial integrity, and the renunciation of force.

During the same summit, the foreign ministers of both countries initialled a draft “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Inter-State Relations” in the presence of Trump, Aliyev, and Pashinyan.

A key provision of the framework is the “Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP), more commonly referred to as the Zangezur Corridor. This planned transit route, running through southern Armenia, is intended to link Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave. The initiative is viewed as strategically and economically significant for the broader region.

By Tamilla Hasanova