On September 11, Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Andranik Hovhannisyan, delivered Armenia’s interpretive statement at the 1533rd meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.
The statement addressed the OSCE Ministerial Council’s decision to dissolve the OSCE Minsk process structures, including the Minsk Conference, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chair-in-Office on conflict-related issues, and the High-Level Planning Group.
Hovhannisyan noted that Armenia expects the peace agreement to be signed and ratified within a reasonable timeframe.
The statement reads:
“In connection with the Ministerial Council decision to terminate the OSCE Minsk process, the structures under the Minsk Conference, the mandate of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on conflict-related issues, and the High-Level Planning Group, the Armenian delegation, pursuant to Rule IV.1(A)6 of the OSCE Rules of Procedure, wishes to deliver the following interpretive statement.
Armenia and Azerbaijan jointly initiated this decision, based on a joint letter addressed to the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, signed on August 8, 2025, in Washington, D.C., by the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan.
On the same day, the two ministers initialed the agreed text of the ‘Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.’
Present at the initialing were the Prime Minister of Armenia, the President of Azerbaijan, and the President of the United States, who also signed a Joint Declaration.
The declaration underscored the need to chart a bright future not defined by past conflict and in accordance with the UN Charter and the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration. It affirmed that conditions had been created for the start of good-neighborly relations following a conflict that caused untold human suffering — based on the principles of inviolability of international borders and the inadmissibility of acquiring territory by force.
The declaration also stated that this development — which ‘is not and must never be subject to revision’ — paves the way for ending hostility between the two nations.
In light of this new reality, the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers jointly requested the closure of the OSCE Minsk process structures, which are now considered obsolete due to fundamental changes in the situation that initially justified their creation.
The ministers reaffirmed their shared commitment to the UN Charter and the Helsinki Final Act and their intention to continue normalizing relations at the bilateral level.
Within this historic context, Armenia expects the peace agreement to be signed and ratified within a reasonable timeframe.”
On August 8, at the White House, a trilateral meeting was held between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, U.S. President Donald Trump, and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. A joint declaration was signed based on the outcomes of this meeting.
During the same event in Washington, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov initialed the “Agreement on Peace and Establishment of Interstate Relations” in the presence of the three leaders.
