“Armenia and Azerbaijan finalized a draft peace agreement. We hope that we will be able to sign it, but as we have always said to our Armenian counterparts, there are some underlying and very substantive issues that need to be solved before signing it,” Khazar Ibrahim, Azerbaijani Ambassador to the U.S. said during his interview with Diplomatic Watch magazine.

“One of these issues is a provision in the Armenian Constitution, which still contains territorial claims against Azerbaijan. We all understand that we won’t have sustainable peace if, hypothetically, we sign a peace treaty tomorrow, but the constitution, the main law of the country, goes against it. We will not have sustainable peace. Therefore, a change in the Armenian Constitution is a must,” the ambassador noted.

“The second important issue that needs to be addressed is the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is outdated and impractical. It exists only on paper and is symbolic. Dissolving it would show that the conflict is truly over, because, in reality, it is over, and we are moving toward a more peaceful region, not only peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan but also development, prosperity, and stability,” Khazar Ibrahim emphasized.