On May 13-14, Brussels hosted bilateral and trilateral meetings between President of the European Council Charles Michel, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan. As Michel stated, "

According to the President of the European Council, the parties agreed to resume bilateral meetings on border issues, including the harmonization of borders (delimitation).

“The leaders reaffirmed their unequivocal commitment to the 1991 Alma-Ata Declaration and the corresponding territorial integrity of Armenia (29,800 sq.. km) and Azerbaijan (86,600 sq.. km). The final delimitation of the border will be agreed through negotiations,” said Michel.

Recall that the Alma-Ata Declaration is one of the documents confirming the cessation of the existence of the USSR and establishing the principles of relations and cooperation of already independent countries.. Among other things, with this declaration, the signatory countries recognized the territorial integrity of each other and the inviolability of existing borders.. Armenia and Azerbaijan are also signatories. According to Michel, it turns out that Armenia is moving towards recognizing Nagorno-Karabakh as the territory of Azerbaijan, since it was part of it during the Soviet era.

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In April, Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan actually admitted the recognition of Azerbaijan's sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh in the event of mutual recognition of the "

Recall that the negotiation processes with the involvement of international mediators continue during April-May. On May 1, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in Washington, where they held talks through the mediation of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. After the meeting in Brussels with Charles Michel, a meeting is scheduled for June 1 in Chisinau, as well as a meeting in Moscow (the date has not been announced).

Before the negotiations in Brussels, on April 10-11, an aggravation took place in Nagorno-Karabakh again - the parties announced mutual shelling, which killed an Azerbaijani soldier and injured both sides.