Peace contract between Armenia and Azerbaijan: An end of the conflict?

Peace contract between Armenia and Azerbaijan: An end of the conflict?

After decades of fighting between the ex-Soviet republics Armenia and Azerbaijan, there is finally light at the end of the tunnel! The governments of both countries have agreed on a peace agreement, report krone.at . Azerbaijans Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramow announced on Thursday that the negotiations were completed and that the agreement is now available for signing. Two controversial points in particular could now be settled, which had previously blocked an agreement. The Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Paschinjan emphasized that in the future no armed forces from third countries will be stationed at the border.

The step towards stability in the Caucasus, which is considered crucial, comes after a deep crisis: In 2023, Azerbaijan conquered the Bergkarabach region during a large -scale military offensive that forced more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians to flee to Armenia. The region belongs to Azerbaijan by international law, but is mainly inhabited by ethnic Armenians. Before the failed negotiations, Russian soldiers had caused a certain stability in the region, now the Russian government announced that it would end its military presence in the Caucasus, such as n-tv.de . Details for a precise deduction time plan are still pending.

The end of the decades of conflict could thus initiate a new era of peace and cooperation between the Armenia and Azerbaijan, after two bloody wars about the controversial area claim. The great framework of the peace agreement gives hope that the inhuman battles could soon belong to the past - a positive step for the entire region.