Azerbaijan Says Its Ready to Normalize Relations With Armenia

Baku is ready to normalize ties with Yerevan and deems it important to implement the trilateral agreement on Karabakh, according to a statement from the Azeri Foreign Ministry released on Monday. Symbolic date marking Victory Day in the Karabakh War, which is a public holiday in Azerbaijan celebrated on November 8. “The basis for Azerbaijan’s long-term outlook is ensuring a lasting peace, development and progress. With the factor of occupation of its territories removed, Azerbaijan is ready to normalize relations with Armenia on the basis of strict adherence to the principles of international law, in particular, sovereignty, territorial integrity and…