and the EU, both of which it has accused of pro-Armenian bias. Border skirmishes, often fatal, remain a regular occurrence.Īzerbaijan, which has close ties to Turkey, has in recent months repeatedly backed out of peace talks brokered by the U.S. They have yet to agree on the demarcation of their shared border, which remains closed and highly militarised. Years of mediation by the European Union, the United States and Russia have failed to get the two countries to sign a peace deal.

On the question of Western involvement, he added: 'We need peace in our region, not in Washington, Paris or Brussels.'Īzerbaijan's foreign ministry said talks with Armenia could take place on the countries' border or in another location. If there is good will, the fundamental principles of a peace agreement can be worked out in a short time,' he said. 'A peace agreement is not nuclear physics. 'We are really worried about Armenia's territorial integrity,' the diplomat told Reuters.Īzerbaijan says such worries are unfounded, and that it is working with Iran on creating a transport corridor to Nakhchivan across Iranian territory.Īzerbaijani presidential adviser Hikmet Hajiyev told Reuters that Baku wants bilateral peace talks with Armenia and believes they can reach an agreement quickly without Western mediation.

Armenia is a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and hosts Russian soldiers on its territory, but has openly questioned the usefulness of the organisation in view of Azerbaijan's advances, prompting criticism from Moscow.ĭIPLOMAT: WORRIES AZERBAIJAN COULD CAPTURE MORE TERRITORYĪ European diplomat voiced concern that Azerbaijan, after taking back the Karabakh region, might try to capture territory in southern Armenia with the aim of opening a corridor to its exclave of Nakhchivan, which borders Turkey, Iran and Armenia.

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