TRUCE

The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet in Brussels for talks mediated by the European Union on Aug. 31.

The announcement of the meeting came as Azerbaijani forces assumed control of the Lachin Corridor as per the two countries' 2020 cease-fire agreement, and the operation of an alternative road between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh bypassing Lachin is expected to become operational in a matter of days.

Below, we publish without comment, the text of the joint statement of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan – I. G. Aliyev, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia – N. V. Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation – V. V. Putin, announcing the framework of the peace agreement signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia with the mediation of the Russian Federation.