Peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia to open opportunities for closer cooperation with Europe - Latvian FM (Exclusive)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 20. The eventual
signing of a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia will open
new opportunities for closer cooperation with Europe, Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Baiba Braže said in an exclusive
interview with Trend during the Antalya Diplomacy Forum.

Latvia’s foreign minister noted that her country commends the
agreements reached on 8 August 2025 in Washington D.C., in the
presence of U.S. President Donald Trump.

“They mark a significant breakthrough to end decades of
conflict. Latvia fully supports the Armenia-Azerbaijan
normalisation process, where we see continued constructive
engagement from the both sides. Latvia considers it important for
the international community to promote and facilitate this process.
The eventual signing of a peace treaty will significantly
contribute to security, stability as well as prosperity in the
South Caucasus region, while also opening new opportunities for
closer cooperation with Europe, including in the field of
connectivity,” she said.

On August 8, 2025, following a trilateral meeting with US
President Donald Trump in Washington, Azerbaijani President Ilham
Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan signed a joint
declaration on ensuring peace between Baku and Yerevan and
establishing transport links between the main part of Azerbaijan
and Nakhchivan. This project is called "Trump's Route to
International Peace and Prosperity."

During the meeting, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic
of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan initialed the draft
"Agreement on the Establishment of Peace and Interstate Relations
between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia" and
signed a joint appeal by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the
Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia to the OSCE
Chairman-in-Office (on the closure of the OSCE Minsk Process,
Personal Representative OSCE Chairman-in-Office on the conflict
discussed by the Minsk Conference, and High-level Planning
Groups).