BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 30. Armenia must take
the necessary political and legal steps to sign a peace agreement
with Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister, Jeyhun Bayramov
said.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bayramov made the
statement during his address at the 13th Summit of the Council of
Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States (OTS), held in
Ankara on October 30.
Jeyhun Bayramov noted that Azerbaijan has fully restored its
territorial integrity and sovereignty, put an end to the conflict,
and that the text of the peace agreement, drafted on the basis of
principles put forward by Azerbaijan, was initialed last year.
During the speech, it was noted that large-scale restoration and
construction projects had been carried out in the Karabakh and East
Zangazur regions, modern infrastructure had been developed, and
approximately 100,000 people live, work, and study in these
areas.
The Ankara Declaration was adopted following the summit.
