BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 11. The Government of
Brazil has congratulated Azerbaijan and Armenia on the signing of
the joint declaration by the leaders of both countries, as well as
the initialing of the Peace and Inter-State Relations Agreement by
their foreign ministers on August 8, Trend reports via Brazil’s Foreign
Ministry.
“This event is an important step toward the full normalization
of relations between the two states. Brazil reaffirms its support
for diplomatic efforts aimed at ensuring lasting and sustainable
peace in the South Caucasus and expresses hope for the swift
signing and ratification of the agreement establishing diplomatic
relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” the ministry said.
On August 8, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev, President of the United States Donald Trump, and Prime
Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint
declaration on the meeting between the President of the Republic of
Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia in
Washington.
On the same day in Washington, as part of the meeting between
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, President of
the US Donald Trump, and Prime Nikol Pashinyan, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan
initialled the draft “Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and
Inter-State Relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the
Republic of Armenia” and signed a joint statement by the foreign
ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia
to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office (on the closure of the OSCE Minsk
Process, the personal representative of the OSCE
Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict discussed by the Minsk
Conference, and the High-Level Planning Group).
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