President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has declared that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is settled, Interfax reported.

“We are currently in the stage of post-conflict development. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is resolved, and there is no need to negotiate over this issue,” Aliyev said on Friday during a meeting with the Foreign Ministers of Romania, Austria and Lithuania in Baku.

Aliyev stated that the statement signed by the leaders of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia on November 10, 2020 is not just about the ceasefire, as international politicians trying to present. “If you read the statement, you will see that it addresses several other issues. We need to think about the post-conflict situation. We have turned the page over and are ready to move forward and make contributions to regional stability. The Government of Armenia overlooks Azerbaijan’s statements on launching negotiations over a peace treaty, but the election campaign might have been the reason why Armenia didn’t support the statements,” Aliyev said and emphasized that Baku has declared that it wishes to make the transition from the post-conflict situation to peaceful development in the South Caucasus, but has never received any response from the Armenian government.

The Azerbaijani president also voiced hope that the foreign ministers of EU member states will discuss the issue with Armenia’s leadership during their succeeding visit to Yerevan.

The Romanian foreign minister said the aim of their visit is to send a resolute message about support to the ensuring of stability and security in the region and think about what support can be provided for comprehensive solutions to all the issues that emerged in the post-war period. He also declared that the EU is interested in establishing much closer cooperation with the region, participating in the settlement of conflicts and, in the case of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, intensifying efforts to become involved in the process of development in the post-war period.