The Armenian prime minister and the president of Azerbaijan are confirmed to meet in Brussels at the end of the month, announced this Thursday the president of the European Council, which called the meeting due to tensions in the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.
“We believe in diplomacy, we believe in political dialogue and that is why I will invite both leaders – Nikol Pashinian (Armenian Prime Minister) and Ilham Aliyev (President of Azerbaijan) – to a meeting in Brussels at the end of October,” revealed Carlos Miguel.
In statements to the press at the end of a summit of the European Political Community, marked by the absence of Ilham Aliyev, the president of the European Council assured that both leaders announced that “they would participate in a meeting that would be convened in Brussels.”
“We are determined to play a positive and constructive role in the normalization process and that is why several elements are important, such as the peace treaty, border delimitation, connectivity, prisoner exchange and the issue of missing persons,” said Carlos Michel.
The Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, with a majority Armenian Orthodox Christian population, declared independence from Muslim Azerbaijan after a war in the early 1990s, but armed incidents remained frequent in the area or along the official border. between the two countries, which culminated in a serious border. incidents in recent weeks.
Source: TSF
