President Aliyev: "This will close the page of war and enmity"

"The five principles of the peace agreement should be initialled as soon as possible and work on the text of the peace agreement should begin on the basis of these principles. I am sure that this can be achieved quickly... This will close the page of war and enmity.

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev said in an interview with the Azerbaijani TV channels in Prague on October 6, according to Caliber.Az.

The president said that the opening of communications is not part of a possible peace agreement, adding that "because this is the commitment that Armenia took upon itself on 10 November 2020 but did not fulfil. Today, when I again asked the Prime Minister of Armenia to finally give us a route for the highway, unfortunately, I still did not get an answer. It is not even funny because there isn’t that big of an area there".

"Everyone knows where the railway and the road should pass. It is not understandable that we are being voluntarily given a passage to Nakhchivan. Breaking one's commitment is, of course, an extremely shameful fact. However, we are still patient and restrained. I am sure we will achieve this, rather sooner than later," Aliyev said.