The draft peace treaty with Armenia consists of 17 articles, 15 of which have already been agreed upon. Work is ongoing on the remaining 2 articles, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov told journalists, APA reports.

According to him, the draft peace agreement consists of 17 articles and a preamble: "Almost all of the text for the preamble and 15 articles has been fully agreed upon. However, there are still open questions regarding 2 articles. Work on these open questions is continuing in the recent period. Several rounds of negotiations have taken place, and text exchanges have been carried out. A fully agreed version has not yet been reached. The work is ongoing."

Bayramov noted that Azerbaijan and Armenia have continued peace negotiations and exchanges on the text. "Negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia on normalization have continued. At the same time, numerous meetings have been held on the peace agreement, and text exchanges have also continued. Despite the open questions, there has been noticeable progress."

Also, the Azerbaijani official again presented ambitions regarding the "Zangezur corridor."

"Azerbaijan is rapidly continuing work on its territory regarding the opening of the Zangezur corridor, significant portion of the railway construction has already been completed. Work on the remaining part is ongoing," the Azerbaijani FM said.

Bayramov said that in accordance with the agreement reached with Iran, work on the construction of a bridge over the Araks River and the implementation of a route between the western territory of Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan via Iran is ongoing

The Azerbaijani FM emphasized that Armenia's fulfillment of its obligations and the opening of a corridor through its territory depend on Armenia's full implementation of the agreement. "There is no final positive decision regarding this," he added.