Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said at a press conference following a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that a third round of negotiations on a draft peace treaty between Yerevan and Baku is possible.

According to Bayramov, Azerbaijan has prepared and submitted to Armenia a draft treaty on a peaceful settlement, the third round of talks between the republics could take place before the end of 2022. "Azerbaijan prepared a draft treaty on the basis of five basic principles and submitted it to the Armenian side. After that, two rounds of negotiations took place. I would also like to inform that the third package of comments of the Azerbaijani side has already been submitted to the Armenian side, and we think it is possible to hold the third round of talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the draft peace treaty by the end of this year," he said. Bayramov said that Azerbaijan aims to resolve the conflict with Armenia as soon as possible. "The Azerbaijani side is as determined as possible and aims to resolve this issue as soon as possible when we talk about a peace treaty," he said.