Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Archive photoBAKU, May 18. Baku wants to sign a peace agreement with Yerevan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said at a meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart in an expanded format on Wednesday. On Wednesday, Aliyev met with the President of the Republic of Lithuania in Baku Gitanas Nauseda.» We discussed the situation in the region, the process of normalizing relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia. I know that after Azerbaijan the president will visit Armenia. I am sure that after this visit he will have a complete picture. But our position is very clear. We want sign a peace agreement with Armenia. We want to normalize relations and turn the page of enmity. Thus, Mr. President, there are many issues that need to be discussed among the members of the delegations,» the President of Azerbaijan noted. At the end of September 2020, hostilities resumed in Nagorno-Karabakh, which became a continuation of a long-term conflict and led to civilian casualties. The parties made several attempts to conclude a truce, but the tripartite agreement reached on the night of November 10 was successful. With the mediation of Moscow, Azerbaijan and Armenia agreed to a complete ceasefire and exchange of prisoners and bodies of the dead. Yerevan also handed over to Baku the Kelbajar and Lachin regions, as well as part of the Aghdam region, which since 1994 have been under the control of the unrecognized NKR. In addition, Russian peacekeepers have been stationed in the region.
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