Ursula von der Leyen: EU hopes Azerbaijan-Armenia peace treaty to be signed soon

The agreement on the draft peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia is a turning point that ends decades of hostility, and the European Union (EU) hopes it will be signed soon, according to Ursula von der Leyen, President of European Commission, Report informs.

She made the remark during her meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

"I hope that the agreement will be signed as soon as possible," von der Leyen said.

According to von der Leyen, relations between Europe and Armenia are now closer than ever. The parties have an ambitious partnership agenda.

"We have a sustainability and development plan, which provides for the allocation of $270 million to Armenia," she noted.