Azerbaijani President, director of Russian Federal Security Service discuss regional situation
President Ilham Aliyev received Director of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation Alexander Bortnikov on December 18, Azertag has reported.
Aliyev and Bortnikov discussed the current situation in the region, settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the implementation of the provisions of the trilateral Statement were discussed at the meeting, and the situation was described as stable, Azertag reported.
The issues of security cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia were also discussed.
Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a Russia-brokered agreement on November 10 to end the war and work toward a comprehensive solution. The Azerbaijani army declared a victory against the Armenian troops after the six-week-long clashes in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The signed agreement has obliged Armenia to withdraw its troops from the Azerbaijani lands that it has occupied since early 1990s. It also stipulated the stationing of Russian peacekeepers in the the conflict zone.
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