Azerbaijan Lacks Political Will to Sign Peace Treaty with Armenia, Says FM Mirzoyan

WARSAW — Azerbaijan lacks the political will to sign a peace deal with Armenia and may be planning further military action against it, Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said on Wednesday, one week after holding talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart.

“There is almost a final draft of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan, but it has not been signed, as Azerbaijan puts forward new preconditions each time. We see that they do not want to sign the treaty,” Mirzoyan stated during a panel discussion at a security forum in Warsaw.

“For some reasons and calculations, they introduce new preconditions each time, and we can see that they simply don’t want to sign the document. We don’t see this political will from the Azerbaijani side,” he said during the international security conference.

“We can sign the document and continue working on the remaining issues. Over the past two to three years, significant work has been accomplished despite all the challenges, escalations, and attacks on Armenian territory. Armenia has maintained a constructive attitude during the negotiations,” Mirzoyan added.

He also expressed concern, saying, “There are serious concerns that Azerbaijan has further military plans regarding Armenia’s territories. I can provide an example: currently, the Azerbaijani side uses the narrative of ‘Western Azerbaijan,’ which essentially encompasses almost the entire territory of Armenia. They assure us that this is not a territorial claim, but unfortunately, the impression is completely different.”

The Armenian Foreign Ministry claimed in June that Baku might be intending to unleash “new aggression” against Armenia after hosting the COP29 global summit in November.