New Delhi, Aug. 9 -- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday spoke to Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and congratulated him on the signing of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace accord, reached on Friday (local time) in Washington DC, US.

Sharing the update on X (formerly Twitter), Jaishankar wrote, "Good to speak to Armenian FM. Congratulated him on the Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Treaty reached in Washington DC."

He further said, "This is an important achievement for dialogue and diplomacy that India advocates."

The peace agreement, brokered by the United States, ends decades of conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. The deal was hailed by US President Donald Trump as a major diplomatic ...