The Baghdad Declaration contains a provision on the normalization process between Azerbaijan and Armenia

The Baghdad Declaration, adopted following the 52nd session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), includes a provision on the process of normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

As reported by BAKU.WS with reference to Report, this was stated in a publication by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan on the social network X.

Azerbaijan was represented at the session by a delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Yalchin Rafiyev.

During the session, current issues on the agenda of OIC member states, regional and international challenges, as well as the expansion of cooperation among the organization's member states were discussed.

Following the session, resolutions on political, economic, humanitarian-cultural and other issues were adopted, as well as the Baghdad Declaration.

One of the important outcomes for Azerbaijan was the re-adoption of four resolutions on the country with relevant amendments, as well as the inclusion in the Baghdad Declaration of a provision on the process of normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

The declaration welcomes the progress achieved in the normalization process, in particular the initialing of an agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between the two countries. OIC member states were urged to actively support demining efforts in the liberated territories of Azerbaijan that were previously under occupation.

In addition, Azerbaijan's representative Aydin Safikhanov was elected as a member of the OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission for the 2027-2030 term.

As part of the event, Rafiyev also held bilateral meetings with the heads and deputy heads of the foreign affairs departments of The Gambia, Turkey, and Iraq. Issues of cooperation with these countries within the framework of the OIC were discussed at the meetings.