Azerbaijan and Armenia will sign a final peace agreement once Armenia amends its constitution to remove territorial claims against Azerbaijan, Hikmat Hajiyev, Assistant to Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, has said.
Hajiyev, who is also Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of Azerbaijan’s Presidential Administration, made the remarks at the second day of the CAMCA 2026 Regional Forum in Baku (2 October). CAMCA stands for Central Asia, Mongolia, Caucasus, and Afghanistan.
“We are only waiting for one final step - amendments to the Armenian Constitution regarding territorial claims against Azerbaijan. After that, I think the final peace agreement will become a reality,” he said.
Hajiyev added that peace and security had been established in the South Caucasus, but that it was important to ensure they were sustainable. He described the long-running conflict between the two countries as resolved, and credited Baku’s “strategic patience” and leadership.
“We always said that we had won the war, but it was important to take another step - to win peace,” he said, calling it an “extremely difficult task.”
Hajiyev also expressed confidence that future U.S. administrations would continue to advance with Baku.
“We are confident that future administrations will continue to develop these relationships, and the U.S. side will continue to focus on the peace agenda and engage with the region through it.”
He added that Azerbaijan had established strong strategic partnerships over the past two years with a range of leading world powers, including the U.S., China and the European Union.
The Washington summit on 8 August 2025 had not been devoted solely to the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agenda, he said. Baku had used the occasion to raise relations with the U.S. to “a qualitatively new strategic level.”
He said Azerbaijan had faced difficulties under previous U.S. administrations, and that insufficient attention had been paid to the South Caucasus and the Caspian region. Baku, he said, had wanted to bring the U.S. back to the region in a role “commensurate with its importance”.
He said Azerbaijan had also established a comprehensive strategic partnership with China at the regional level, and was working on its practical implementation.
Hajiyev also welcomed the unanimous decision by Central Asian states to admit Azerbaijan to their Consultative Meeting of Heads of State, in what is known as the C5+1 format.
He said cooperation covered the economy, trade and business but, above all, connectivity.
“Azerbaijan, like the countries of Central Asia, has no access to the ocean. Therefore, we are actively working on the creation of new transport links,” he said.
“I think that, based on these parameters, we are trying to completely change the transport and communication architecture together with our friends and partners from the countries of Central Asia.”
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