[president of Azerbaijan: if Armenia no longer changes its position on the territorial issue or signs a peace treaty], according to the Azerbaijani state news agency, on 28 May local time, Azerbaijani President Aliyev said that if Armenia no longer changes its position on the territorial issue, Azerbaijan and Armenia may sign a peace treaty in the near future. Aliyev said: "now that Armenia has recognized the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, there are actually no serious obstacles to the signing of a peace treaty between the two sides." Armenian Prime Minister Pashniyan said on the 22nd that Armenia is ready to recognize the Nagorno-Karabakh region (Nagorno Karabakh) as part of the territory of Azerbaijan, provided that the safety and rights and interests of the local Armenians are guaranteed. The Nagorno-Karabakh region is located in the southwest of Azerbaijan and most of its residents are ethnic Armenians. After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the ownership of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Although the two countries reached a comprehensive ceasefire agreement in 1994, they have been in a state of hostility because of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, and armed conflicts have occurred from time to time.