YEREVAN. May 22 (Interfax) - Armenia and Azerbaijan are continuing intensive negotiations on a peace agreement, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said.
"The military-political situation in our region remains tense. We believe it's important to promote the peace agenda in order to mitigate these tensions," Pashinyan said at a press conference on Monday.
Armenia and Azerbaijan are conducting intensive negotiations on a peace agreement, Pashinyan said. "We are hoping to reach agreement on the text and sign the agreement as soon as possible," he said.
In turn, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said he was hoping for a positive outcome of negotiations on the peace agreement with Armenia.
"We are hoping that the negotiations will eventually lead to enduring peace in the South Caucasus despite the fact that Azerbaijani lands were under Armenian occupation for over 30 years and a million Azerbaijanis were banished from their homes," Aliyev said after negotiations with Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda in Vilnius on Monday.
Aliyev said he had discussed the Azerbaijani-Armenian peace treaty talks and regional affairs with Nauseda.
Aliyev said that Baku was doing everything to normalize relations and taking constructive steps and added that a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia was unavoidable and had "to comply with the norms and principles of international law."