Aliyev Says Baku, Yerevan Agree On 80 Percent Of Peace-Treaty Text

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said that his country and Armenia have agreed on about 80 percent of a peace treaty. "We can achieve peace in the Southern Caucasus," Aliyev said at the 50th International Cernobbio Forum in Italy, adding that the two countries had begun the process of border delimitation and demarcation. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian said recently that 13 of 17 articles of the draft treaty had been agreed upon. Baku continues to insist it wants a reference to Nagorno-Karabakh's unification with Armenia removed from the Armenian Constitution. Azerbaijan retook control of the breakaway region in September 2023 following a lightning offensive. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, click here.