The continuation of negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh will be held in Brussels on May 13-14, the Financial Times reports, citing three sources familiar with the preparations..
The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia will resume peace talks in Brussels this weekend, officials say, thanks to the activation of mediators (US and EU) after the recent outbreak of conflict over the Lachin corridor.
European Council President Charles Michel will hold a meeting on Sunday between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, FT reports.. This will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders since talks in Munich in February..
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Michel, Aliyev and Pashinyan also plan to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron on June 1 on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Moldova.
The last time Armenia and Azerbaijan contacted regarding Nagorno-Karabakh was in Washington on May 1, where the Foreign Ministers held talks through the mediation of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. The parties then agreed to “hold talks in Moscow at some point in the future.”. At the same time, Blinken criticized Russia because of the removal from the negotiations and the lack of “determination in the Kremlin to mediate disputes in the region”.
It is known that Pashinyan arrived in Moscow on May 8 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, where he will take part in events by May 9.
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April 11, during a clash in Nagorno-Karabakh, four Armenian and three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed. Then Azerbaijan accused Armenia of " At the same time, Yerevan stated that military personnel who were “carrying out engineering work” near the border with Azerbaijan were fired from Baku..
On April 18, Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan actually allowed the recognition of Azerbaijan's sovereignty over Nagorno-Karabakh, suggesting that both countries could recognize each other's territorial integrity and "