Azerbaijan considers the proposal of Armenia to conclude a peace treaty unrealistic and unacceptable, in which several important articles have not yet been agreed upon. In an interview with the Berliner Zeitung, Elchin Amirbekov, the representative of the President of Azerbaijan in charge of special assignments, said this. Answering the journalist's question about how Baku treats the statement that Armenia is ready to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan even tomorrow, he emphasized that he doubts it. the sincerity of this statement.
"Even the proposal to sign an incomplete, incomplete agreement tomorrow is not only unrealistic and unacceptable, but also misleading. The parties still need to agree on several important provisions of the draft contract, which are open, without which the document will be rough and incomplete," he said.
Elchin Amirbekov noted that the main obstacle on the way to peace is "the still existing territorial claims of Armenia to the internationally recognized sovereign territory of Azerbaijan, reflected in the Constitution of Armenia", and "ignoring this main issue is equivalent to not noticing the elephant in the room".
"Armenia wants to mislead the international community by creating a false impression that it is constructively involved in the peace process, but in reality it is dragging out time and leading the peace process to a dead end. Obviously, as soon as Armenia started receiving unlimited amounts of diplomatic, economic and military aid from the West, including the EU, the US and individual EU member states, it lost all interest in constructively participating in the negotiations, and it seems that peace with Azerbaijan is no longer possible. it is not a priority for him," he emphasized. In response to the journalist's question, in order to speed up the achievement of the result, have the parties agreed to remove the issue of opening the "Zangezur Corridor" from the framework of the peace agreement, and is it possible to postpone the amendments to the Armenian Constitution to the peace agreement in the same way? after the signing, Amirbekov noted that "it is absolutely wrong to draw a parallel between these two issues, because they are completely different in their importance for achieving sustainable peace." "If we leave the Constitution in its current form, the peace treaty will be short-lived, because Armenia any new leadership that opposes peace with Azerbaijan will simply cancel it, citing the agreement's inconsistency with the Constitution, which has the highest legal force. In other words, Azerbaijan wants to make peace not with Prime Minister Pashinyan, but with Armenia," he said.
According to Amirbekov, for this, Azerbaijan cannot leave legal loopholes, which over time can lead to the revival of the conflict and new tragedies, "therefore, the root cause of the long-term Armenian-Azerbaijani confrontation must be eliminated."
As for the "Zangezur Corridor", the representative of the President of Azerbaijan added that official Baku still attaches great importance to its opening. - emphasized Amirbekov.
Elchin Amirbekov noted that the main obstacle on the way to peace is "the still existing territorial claims of Armenia to the internationally recognized sovereign territory of Azerbaijan, reflected in the Constitution of Armenia", and "ignoring this main issue is equivalent to not noticing the elephant in the room".
"Armenia wants to mislead the international community by creating a false impression that it is constructively involved in the peace process, but in reality it is dragging out time and leading the peace process to a dead end. Obviously, as soon as Armenia started receiving unlimited amounts of diplomatic, economic and military aid from the West, including the EU, the US and individual EU member states, it lost all interest in constructively participating in the negotiations, and it seems that peace with Azerbaijan is no longer possible. it is not a priority for him," he emphasized. In response to the journalist's question, in order to speed up the achievement of the result, have the parties agreed to remove the issue of opening the "Zangezur Corridor" from the framework of the peace agreement, and is it possible to postpone the amendments to the Armenian Constitution to the peace agreement in the same way? after the signing, Amirbekov noted that "it is absolutely wrong to draw a parallel between these two issues, because they are completely different in their importance for achieving sustainable peace." "If we leave the Constitution in its current form, the peace treaty will be short-lived, because Armenia any new leadership that opposes peace with Azerbaijan will simply cancel it, citing the agreement's inconsistency with the Constitution, which has the highest legal force. In other words, Azerbaijan wants to make peace not with Prime Minister Pashinyan, but with Armenia," he said.
According to Amirbekov, for this, Azerbaijan cannot leave legal loopholes, which over time can lead to the revival of the conflict and new tragedies, "therefore, the root cause of the long-term Armenian-Azerbaijani confrontation must be eliminated."
As for the "Zangezur Corridor", the representative of the President of Azerbaijan added that official Baku still attaches great importance to its opening. - emphasized Amirbekov.
