On May 10, commenting on the talks in Washington last week with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan, Jeyhun Bayramov, the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, stated, "We have taken one more step forward, the main point of the meetings in the USA is the negotiations on the conclusion of a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia. 

"As you know, the initiatives related to the peace treaty were announced by Azerbaijan. Back in 2021, President Ilham Aliyev voiced them for the first time. In February 2022, Azerbaijan put forward five basic principles. Finally, in October 2022, negotiations began on a peace treaty. The same negotiations were launched around the expanded basic principles originally proposed by Azerbaijan. Later in November, meetings were held in Washington. The third meeting was scheduled for December in Moscow. However, Armenia refused the third meeting. She boycotted the meeting, citing various reasons. One of them was the issue of the Lachin road. As a result, no meetings were held for about six months. With the mediation of the United States, the Armenian side returned to the negotiating table, and the negotiations lasted four days. The negotiations revolved around a peace treaty," the minister said.

He says the peace treaty discussed between Azerbaijan and Armenia includes several important issues. "Of course, we cannot talk about a complete agreement. There are enough disagreements between the parties. But there was agreement on obvious points. In other words, we have taken a step forward. We must approach the process realistically," Bayramov said.

As previously reported by Caucasus Watch, on May 9, Secretary of the Armenian Security Council Armen Grigoryan said no progress was made in the latest Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations regarding the most important issues.