BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 4. De facto peace has been established between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and this is the most important achievement in the normalization process, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a joint briefing with Member of the Federal Council of Switzerland and Head of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Ignazio Cassis, in Baku today, TurkicWorld's correspondent reports from the event.
The minister noted that within the framework of the Azerbaijan-Armenia normalization process, along with the abolition of the Minsk Group, important steps have been taken to strengthen trust.
According to him, over the past year, Azerbaijan has unilaterally lifted a number of restrictions, created conditions for the transportation of goods to and from Armenia, and also supplied oil products to Armenia. "We can also note additional positive developments in this direction," said Bayramov.
The minister emphasized that the most important point in terms of finalizing the process is the establishment of de facto peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia. "All the recent developments that I have mentioned are being implemented on the basis of direct bilateral dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia. This bilateral format has proven its effectiveness not only for us, but also for the whole world," he noted.
Bayramov also said that Azerbaijan is in favor of continuing the normalization process in a bilateral format.
Touching upon the signing of the peace agreement, the minister underscored that Azerbaijan's position remains unchanged. "We consider it possible to sign a peace agreement after the territorial claims against Azerbaijan in the Armenian Constitution are eliminated," added Bayramov.
