With Nikol Pashinyan reinstalled as the prime minister of Armenia and his government now in place, there have been some signs of optimism in Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. In this op-ed for KarabakhSpace.eu, Vasif Huseynov gives his perspective on positive developments and remaining challenges, Azerbaijan's redlines, and the status of the peace process.

The Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has spoken about the importance of deepening and normalising relations with neighbouring countries. Addressing a government meeting in Yerevan on Wednesday (8 September) the Armenian leader reminded that while presenting the government's programme in the Armenian parliament recently, he had stated that the deepening and normalisation of relations with neighbouring countries will be one of the important directions of the government's foreign policy.

The first plane landed on Sunday (5 September) in the newly constructed Fizuli International Airport. The plane an Airbus A340-500 of Azerbaijan International Airlines (Azal) made the 35 minute flight from Baku to Fizuli