On March 13, speaking to reporters backstage at the 12th Global Baku Forum, Jeyhun Bayramov, Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, unexpectedly broke the news that Armenia and Azerbaijan had finally agreed to all 17 points of their framework agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan held a phone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, according to the government press service.

Azerbaijan has accused Armenian forces of targeting its positions from Armenia's Syunik province, claims which Yerevan has denied. This comes as both nations recently agreed on a peace agreement text aimed at ending decades of conflict between the two South Caucasus countries.

YEREVAN—The Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced on March 13 the completion of negotiations on the draft treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia. According to the MFA, Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed on the non-deployment of third-party forces along the border and the withdrawal of legal claims from international courts.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has welcomed the peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, calling it a significant step toward regional stability.

Armenia and Azerbaijan will not deploy third-country forces along their border after the two sides sign a peace agreement, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin speak at a summit of leaders of nations, which are members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), at the Kremlin in Moscow,

Armenia's Foreign ministry said on Thursday that a draft peace agreement with Azerbaijan had been finalised from its side and that it was ready to discuss a date and location to sign a final deal. Armenia and Azerbaijan have fought a series of wars since the late 1980s,