YEREVAN - Armenia has proposed a new peace treaty to Azerbaijan, building on the points agreed upon in their ongoing negotiations, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Saturday.

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Azerbaijan and Armenia have engaged in war over the Nagorno-Karabakh territorial dispute. Although a ceasefire was reached in 1994, peace negotiations have continued with sporadic clashes persisting since then.

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During a press conference, Pashinyan said that the proposed treaty comprises 17 articles, of which 13, including the preamble, have been fully agreed upon.

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Pashinyan also proposed a direct meeting with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev near the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, where delimitation commissions have been operating, to further advance bilateral negotiations.