"We appear to be not far from a final deal. We do require a result-oriented exercise," Elchin Amirbayov, Azerbaijan's Presidential Representative for Special Assignments, said in an interview with The Guardian, Paralel.Az reports.

"I realize that after three decades of negotiations and no substantial accomplishments, there is a certain amount of exhaustion and irritation in both parties about how long we will continue to meet one another without any reasonable results," he emphasized.

Amirbayov said the five principles in the draft agreement are “mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and inviolability of international recognised borders, rejection of any territorial claims to each other, now and in the future, rejection of any acts that would run counter to UN charter, like the use of force or threat of use of force, but also delimitation of the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which has never been done. And, last but not least, opening of communication routes and ties between Armenia and Azerbaijan, because we’ve been without any connection because of the conflict for 30 years”.