Mirzoyan, Bayramov, Blinken to meet in Washington

PanARMENIAN.Net - A trilateral meeting between Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be held in Washington on Wednesday, July 10, a spokesperson for the Armenian Foreign Ministry said.

Both Mirzoyan and Bayramov are currently in the United States to attend a NATO partners summit in the U.S. capital. Speaking in Baku on Monday, Bayramov continued to reiterate that the signing of an Armenian-Azerbaijani peace treaty is conditional on Armenia changing its constitution.

“There are still territorial claims against Azerbaijan in the constitution of Armenia,” he said. “We expect that the Armenian side will take steps in that direction. In order to achieve complete peace, this factor must be eliminated.”

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev indicated late last month that even if Yerevan meets this condition Baku will not be in a rush to sign the peace accord. Aliyev suggested that the two sides first work out the basic principles of the accord and sign the whole document at a later date.