(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23. The outcome of the
trilateral meeting of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham
Aliyev, President of the European Council Charles Michel and Prime
Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan in Brussels
should be considered as significant progress in the peace process,
Deputy Director General of Trend News Agency Sahil Karimli told
Trend .
The meeting has confirmed the utmost importance of five
principles laid out by Azerbaijan for peace negotiations, said the
political expert.
He noted that trilateral talks, which lasted more than five
hours, resulted in number of agreements.
'During the meeting, the expression 'Nagorno-Karabakh' was not
used, the issue of status wasn't on the agenda either. The relevant
negotiation format has fully met the national interests of
Azerbaijan. As the country's president has repeatedly emphasized,
there is no administrative territorial unit called Nagorno-Karabakh
in Azerbaijan. The whole world had to recognize new realities in
South Caucasus established after Azerbaijan's historic victory in
the 44-day second Karabakh war,' Karimli said.
The political expert also talked about the security of Armenians
living in Karabakh. He emphasized that Azerbaijan guarantees their
safety.
“The talks also addressed the de-mining operations in
Azerbaijan's liberated territories and the fate of the missing. The
country's liberated lands are being promptly cleared of mines in
such difficult conditions. The fate of hundreds of Azerbaijanis who
were captured or missing during the first Karabakh war remains a
priority issue, and Armenia must fulfill its obligations in this
regard,” he stated.
Karimli said the demarcation of the Azerbaijan-Armenia border
was also one of the key points of the talks. Thus, the sides
reached an agreement to hold the first joint meeting of border
commissions of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the near future. The
commissions will be engaged in border delimitation issues.
“Moreover, the leaders came to an agreement to proceed with
opening transport corridors, including the implementation of the
Zangazur corridor, as well as with the regulation of international
transport, and other issues. Agreement on border management,
security, land premiums, as well as customs principles in the
context of international transport is yet another step forward.
Following the results of the Brussels meeting, the discussion of a
future peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan will
hopefully be promising,' Karimli added.
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- Azerbaijan
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- Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
- European Council
- Trend news agency
- Charles Michel
- Karabakh
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