Azerbaijani MP Rizvan Nabiyev says Armenia must amend constitution for peace

Azerbaijani MP Rizvan Nabiyev said Armenia must amend its constitution to preserve peace in the South Caucasus. Speaking at a parliamentary plenary session, he described peace in the region as fragile and said it needed to be protected and strengthened.

Nabiyev said Armenia must remove territorial claims against Azerbaijan contained in the preamble to its constitution and provide the legal basis for a peace treaty. He warned that delaying the signing could lead events to spiral out of control, even within Armenia. Normalization of interstate relations begins only after the treaty is signed and ratified.

He said Azerbaijan was taking consistent steps to strengthen peace, citing an announcement by President Ilham Aliyev on the opening of the railway through Azerbaijani territory for links with Armenia, and the removal of trade barriers. He also said 4,010 Azerbaijani citizens are missing, including 288 women, 71 children and 319 elderly people, and that Armenia must clarify their fate.