Presidents Putin and Aliyev Prepare a Peace Treaty Between Armenia and Azerbaijan

They talked about border delimitation and the reopening of transportation routes between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

In a phone conversation on Wednesday, Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan discussed preparations for a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

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According to the Russian Presidency, the leaders talked about border delimitation and demarcation, as well as the reopening of transportation routes between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

“In this regard, the Russian side confirmed its readiness to continue providing all possible assistance to Baku and Yerevan in developing appropriate and mutually acceptable solutions,” emphasized the Kremlin’s statement.

The phone conversation took place shortly after the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry reported that Armenian units had fired small arms at Azerbaijani troops stationed in the Nakhchivan exclave.

Putin and Aliyev expressed satisfaction with the “successful results” of the Russian president’s state visit to Azerbaijan on August 18-19. They agreed that “the consistent implementation of the agreements reached during the negotiations in Baku will contribute to further deepening the alliance and partnership between Russia and Azerbaijan.”

While relations between Moscow and Baku continue to improve, Armenia and Russia are experiencing significant tension, leading Yerevan to suspend its cooperation with the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the post-Soviet military alliance led by Russia.

On Sept. 19, 2023, Azerbaijani troops entered the Armenian-populated territory of the Republic of Artsakh, known internationally as Nagorno-Karabakh, demanding that the authorities submit to the Azerbaijani state. The next day, the Nagorno-Karabakh government decided to leave the territory and take refuge in Armenia.

On January 1, 2024, the president of Nagorno-Karabakh declared the dissolution of the republic. The Azerbaijani military operation left more than 100,000 Armenians displaced and strained relations between the two countries,” the newspaper El Salto recalled.

“The Nagorno Karabakh conflict is one of those ‘forgotten conflicts’ that has barely received media coverage…. It is one of the oldest conflicts in the former Soviet republics with more than 40 years of existence. It has involved international powers such as Russia, Turkey, or the European Union,” it added.