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The Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict remains one of the most complex and longstanding disputes in the South Caucasus. After the end of the Second Karabakh War in 2020, hopes for a lasting peace were high. However, the path to a final peace agreement has been fraught with setbacks and mutual distrust. The recent negotiations in Washington between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan, mediated by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, were viewed as another crucial attempt to bridge the remaining gaps and pave the way for a comprehensive peace agreement. These talks come at a time when both countries face international pressure to resolve their conflict and move towards stability.

Negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia on a peace treaty have been going on for many months or even years. Can we expect the signing of the treaty soon, most of the articles of which, according to the latest reports, have been agreed upon? We had a talk about these matters and the legal aspects of the parties' claims with renowned lawyer Fuad Aghayev.

Armenia and Azerbaijan are reported to have reached full agreement on 13 out of 16 articles of a draft peace treaty, according to Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. Speaking at a briefing in Yerevan on September 9, alongside his Luxembourg counterpart, Mirzoyan expressed optimism about the potential for the peace agreement to be signed soon.

"Armenia has confirmed the official Baku statement that the clause on regional communications has been removed from the peace treaty draft based on mutual agreement. This was reported by Ani Badalyan, spokesperson for the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 7."