Turkish National Security Council to consider Baku-Yerevan relations

The National Security Council (MGK) will meet for the fourth time this year with a packed agenda under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

The priority agenda of the meeting is Türkiye's cross-border counter-terrorism operations, the process of normalising relations with Syria and between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Caliber.Az reports, citing TRT Haber.

Relations with Greece, the conflict in Eastern Europe and the Middle East will also be discussed.

Despite the successful demarcation of a 12.7-kilometre section of the border along four Azerbaijani villages in April, Azerbaijan and Armenia have yet to reach a consensus on other major issues such as the reopening of transport communications.

On July 1, President Aliyev mentioned that the text of a peace treaty, or at least basic principles, could be finalized within a few months, emphasizing that the signing of peace hinges on Armenia amending its constitution.

Azerbaijan has consistently urged Armenia to remove references in its constitution to the 1990 Declaration of Independence, which cites the illegal act of 1989 on the unification of Soviet Armenia and the then Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region of Azerbaijan.