President Aliyev, EU rep. Salber discuss Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
By Nigar Orujova
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev received a delegation led by EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Herbert Salber on October 20.
The sides exchanged views on the process of negotiations over the Armenian-Azerbaijani Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
During his Baku visit, Salber will meet with Foreign Minister
Elmar Mammadyarov and Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the State
Committee for Refugees and IDPs Ali Hasanov.
The EU special representative for the South Caucasus also plans to
meet with IDPs settled in the suburbs of Baku.
Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a lengthy war that ended with the signing of a fragile ceasefire in 1994. More than 20,000 Azerbaijanis were killed and over 1 million were displaced as a result of the large-scale hostilities. Since the war, Armenian armed forces have occupied 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory, including Nagorno-Karabakh and seven surrounding regions.
Armenia continues the occupation in defiance of four UN Security Council resolutions calling for immediate and unconditional withdrawal of armed forces.
Peace talks brokered by mediators from Russia, France and the U.S. have produced no results so far.