 Armenia-Azerbaijan Optimistic On Normalization at Moscow Talks Armenia and Azerbaijan are advancing toward normalizing ties following mutual recognition of territorial integrity the two countries' leaders said as they held talks in Moscow In Moscow, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met separately with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the three held joint negotiations late on May 25th. The talks were held following recent deadly border clashes between the two Caucasus neighbors which have been locked in a decades-long conflict for control over Azerbaijan's region of Karabakh. There is a possibility of coming to a peace agreement considering that Armenia has formally recognized Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan. Aliyev said ahead of talks Azerbaijan has no territorial claims to Armenia, he added. Pashinyan said the two countries were making good progress in normalizing relationships based on mutual recognition of territorial integrity. He said Yerevan was ready to unblock all the transport links in the region that pass through Armenian territory. Putin said that despite all the difficulties and problems that still remain, the situation is developing toward the settlement of the Karabakh conflict. He said the three countries' deputy prime ministers will meet in a week's time in Moscow to resolve the remaining issues regarding the reopening of transport links between Azerbaijan and Armenia.