Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs discuss peace process

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ararat Mirzoyan, and Jeyhun Bayramov, held a telephone conversation on Monday (11 April) to follow-up on the decisions taken by the leaders of the two countries in their meeting in Brussels held with the facilitation of the president of the European Council on 6 April). 

According to the diplomatic readouts, they exchanged views on the agreements reached. This included the creation of the commission for the delimitation and border security, the work for the preparation of a future peace treaty, and other humanitarian issues.

The Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, and the Azerbaijani president, Ilham Aliyev, had agreed in Brussels to “order their foreign ministers to begin preparatory work for peace talks between the two countries".

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Toivo Klaar, tweeted later "Important development following last week’s Brussels meeting. EU is supportive of direct contacts & engagement."

source: commonspace.eu and agencies
photo: Armenian and Azerbaijani FMs; Official Website of the Foreign Ministry of Azerbaijan