Russian Foreign Ministry Optimistic About Peace Treaty Between Azerbaijan and Armenia

The Russian side is prepared to continue supporting the Azerbaijani-Armenian settlement process and expects that Baku and Yerevan will be able to sign a peace treaty. This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin in an interview with TASS.

In response to a question regarding the possibility of peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia at this time, the deputy minister noted that achieving a peace treaty largely depends on the advancement of all avenues of the settlement.

“Our support is aimed precisely at this, including finding balanced, mutually beneficial compromises regarding disputed issues for both Baku and Yerevan. Negotiations held in Moscow on this topic have helped improve mutual understanding between the parties and bring positions closer on various issues. Moving forward, we will continue to provide comprehensive support to Baku and Yerevan for this purpose. We hope that such regular communication will allow us to reach final peace agreements,” he stated.

Galuzin reminded that on May 19, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks in Moscow with his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan in both bilateral and trilateral formats. Within the framework of these events, a separate meeting on the peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan also took place.

“Providing our platform for such discussions is one of the elements of Russia's support in achieving specific results in the peaceful process between Baku and Yerevan,” he continued, “We are working in accordance with the trilateral agreements of the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia (from November 9, 2020, January 11, and November 26, 2021, October 31, 2022, and May 25, 2023), which form the basis of the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement.

Galuzin emphasized that in addition to the peace treaty, efforts to regulate relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan include areas such as unblocking transport and economic connections, demarcating the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, and strengthening confidence through the development of public communication.

It should be noted that on May 25, the next meeting of the Supreme Council of the Eurasian Economic Union took place in Moscow, which was also attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev (Azerbaijan is not a member of the EEU). Following that, Putin held separate meetings with Pashinyan and Aliyev, after which trilateral discussions commenced. Subsequently, the Russian president announced that the deputy prime ministers of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan would meet in a week to resolve unresolved issues.