Azerbaijan Ready to Sign Peace Treaty ‘Next Day’ if Armenia Removes Territorial Claims, Aliyev Says

ISTANBUL, Feb 14: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said Friday that Baku is prepared to sign a final peace treaty with Armenia “the very next day” if Yerevan makes constitutional changes to remove territorial claims against Azerbaijan.

Speaking to Azerbaijani journalists on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Aliyev emphasized that while a de facto peace has already been achieved following last August’s Washington summit, the formal signing depends on Armenia’s internal legal steps.

“Our position has been communicated to the Armenian side for many years: the necessary amendments must be made to the Armenian Constitution,” Aliyev said. “Once these amendments are adopted, we can sign a peace treaty the very next day.”

The Azerbaijani leader noted that the initialing of the peace treaty and the signing of the Joint Declaration under the mediation of former US President Donald Trump marked a de facto end to the decades-long conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Aliyev clarified that the requirement is not intended as interference in Armenia’s domestic affairs but as a measure to prevent any future Armenian government from reviving claims to Azerbaijani territory.

The president’s remarks underline Baku’s insistence that legal safeguards be embedded in Armenian law before the conflict can be fully resolved on paper, even as both sides move toward normalization of relations.