Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday referred to as the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty reached in Washington an “essential achievement” for dialogue and diplomacy that India advocates.
In a put up on X, Jaishankar additionally stated he spoke to his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan and congratulated him on the event.
The deal, aimed toward ending the decades-long dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh area, was formalized by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, with U.S. President Donald Trump performing as mediator. At a White Home peace summit on Friday, leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan signed an settlement aimed toward ending a long time of battle.
“Good to talk to Armenian FM @AraratMirzoyan. Congratulated him on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty reached in Washington DC. This is a crucial achievement for dialogue and diplomacy that India advocates,” Jaishankar stated within the put up.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli leaders on Saturday welcomed the peace settlement between Azerbaijan and Armenia and lauded President Trump for brokering the deal
“Congratulations to President Trump! Your daring management and international imaginative and prescient have made one other peace settlement potential,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted. “I additionally congratulate President Aliyev, Prime Minister Pashinyan, and the peoples of Azerbaijan and Armenia on signing this historic settlement.”
Netanyahu added, “Might you all get pleasure from a brand new period of reconciliation and shared prosperity.”
President Isaac Herzog tweeted that he was “deeply moved to see the signing of the historic settlement,” including, “Nice achievement President Trump! Thanks on your management and passionate dedication to assist attain peace in our world. I hope and pray we are going to see many extra historic achievements world wide beneath your management – above all of the pressing return of our hostages from the hell they’re going by means of by the hands of Hamas in Gaza.”