Aliyev Says Armenia Has Accepted Baku’s Five-Point Peace Proposal

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, according to the Azerbaijani APA news agency, has announced that Armenia has accepted Baku’s five-point peace proposal.

“It was confirmed once again during our meeting in Brussels two days ago. Our foreign ministers will start negotiations on the text of the agreement based on these five principles,” the APA quotes Aliyev announcing in Italy at an intelligence conference. (Aliyev refers to Wednesday’s meeting in Brussels of Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan, Aliyev and European Council President Charles Michel.)

Following Wednesday’s meeting, the Armenian government issued a short statement that provided no specifics. Pashinyan is quoted as saying the meeting “was extensive but difficult”.

The five points proposed by Baku in March refer to the recognition of mutual territorial integrity, refusal to submit any territorial demands of the other, refusal to use force and threats, demarcation and opening of communications.