Armenia and Azerbaijan make headway in peace negotiations as Azerbaijan drops a key demand, but the issue of Karabakh's status remains a major obstacle to a final agreement.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have succeeded in removing one major obstacle, but large potholes remain on the road to a durable peace deal between the longtime enemies. The Armenia n Foreign Ministry confirmed in early August that Azerbaijan i officials had agreed to drop a provision from a draft peace agreement that would give Baku a land corridor connecting the Nakhchivan exclave to Azerbaijan proper.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have both expressed interest of late in concluding a peace agreement rapidly. In July, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev indicated the two countries had agreed on roughly 90 percent of the draft peace pact’s language. The most significant remaining obstacle is an Azerbaijani demand that Yerevan amend the Armenian constitution to clearly acknowledge Karabakh is not part of Armenia.
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