In what they said was "another brick in the wall of trust," Armenia and Azerbaijan representatives revealed to Euronews in an exclusive interview in Doha how the peace process started, and a joint future both countries should now look forward to.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have reaffirmed their commitment to work together to transform the entire landscape of the South Caucasus after decades of conflict, Euronews reports.
In what was only recently seen as an impossible peace and in a region long marred by war, the two countries found common ground not just to reach peace, but to work together for a decisive economic boost of the Eurasian space.
For the first time ever, the key representatives of both countries’ leaderships sat down in a joint, exclusive interview with Euronews in Doha to reveal how the peace process started between the two former foes and how both countries have kept adding “another brick in the wall of trust”, moving on towards a vigorous economic cooperation that is reshaping the Eurasian space, now that they have put the tragic chapter of the wars behind them.
Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan and Armen Grigoryan, secretary of Security Council of Armenia, told Euronews they started their talks in 2020, after the last confrontation between the two countries, supported by the European Union and culminating with the historic peace agreement between Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan secured by US President Donald Trump.
Sitting next to his counterpart for the first time in a public interview, Hajiyev said the two sides had “a good chance to meet” in Brussels after which the two countries’ leaderships decided to move towards peace and “put aside disagreements that we had together”.
Grigoryan continued by telling Euronews that “the leaderships have been thinking about how to bring peace and stability to the region” which then led to the discussions on “how to institutionalise the peace and move forward”.
“The success is great and we are celebrating it,” the Armenian representative told
Euronews.
