The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group stressed the importance of sustaining a climate of trust for intensive negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, said the statement issued by the co-chairs following their visit to the region.

The Armenian side once again contradicts itself, the Azerbaijani MP Rasim Musabayov told Trend commenting on the statement made by the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry's press service Anna Naghdalyan regarding the recently adopted Istanbul Declaration, which, among other issues, also touched the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Ongoing political turbulence in Armenia is hindering progress in the negotiation process on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said Nov. 2 in an interview with Bulgaria’s Focus News Agency.

Baku and Yerevan have desire to continue the dialogue at the highest level on the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Russian co-chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov told reporters Nov. 2, RIA Novosti reported.

Maciej Lissowski, a citizen of Poland, head of Publicis Sp. z.o.o., addressed a letter to Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry requesting for removal of his name from the “List of Foreign Citizens who Illegally Visited the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan”, Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said in a message.

Turkey’s position on Armenia is clear, the Turkish presidential administration told Trend on Nov. 2.

Serious negotiations on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are unlikely until the political situation in Armenia stabilizes, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, RIA Novosti reported.

The Minister of Defense of the Republic of Azerbaijan Colonel General Zakir Hasanov has met with the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Andrew Schofer (USA), Stephane Visconti (France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said in a message on Nov. 2.

Improving the effectiveness of the OSCE Minsk Group's activity in the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a sphere of discussion of special representatives involved in this procedure, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a press conference, answering Trend's question on Nov. 1.

Armenians are brutally torturing Azerbaijani prisoners and hostages, Azerbaijan’s military prosecutor Khanlar Valiyev said at a meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the Azerbaijani State Commission for Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons.

Armenia, having seized foreign lands, could not digest these conquests. Occupied Azerbaijani lands are empty. Karabakh Armenians, tired of poverty, lawlessness and expectations of war, prefer to flee from Karabakh wherever they look, but not at all at the captured lands. It is quite understandable because what is left for them to do when the conflict does not find its solution, but only takes lives...

Armenia neglects commitments undertaken at the international level, Deputy Chairman of the Azerbaijani Parliament, member of the State Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons Bahar Muradova said at a meeting dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the State Commission on Nov. 1.

The false nature of visits to the occupied Azerbaijani territories by the marginalized people, brought together by Armenian lobbyists under the guise of "prestigious diplomats and politicians", is gradually being exposed, editor-in-chief of the Baki Kheber newspaper, expert Aydin Guliyev told Trend Oct. 31.

The resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is being delayed as a result of the non-constructive position of Armenia.

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry is studying the issue of the illegal visit of Belgian MPs to Azerbaijan’s occupied territories, the ministry told Trend Oct. 31.

On the instructions of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Ilham Aliyev, Minister of Defense Colonel General Zakir Hasanov visited the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic to participate in joint tactical-special exercises of the formations and military units of the troops of Nakhchivan.

The ceasefire monitoring exercise on the Line of Contact, in the direction of Aghdam region, held in accordance with the mandate of Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on October 31, ended with no incident, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan said in a message on Oct. 31.

The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will urge the sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to build upon the reduction in tensions during the visit to the South Caucasus region.

Azerbaijani MP Zahid Oruj has proposed to create a new format for the settlement of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

In accordance with the mandate of the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, on October 31, 2018, the implementation of the regular monitoring on the contact line between the troops of Azerbaijan and Armenia, in the direction of Agdam district is being planned, the press service of the Ministry of Defense said Oct. 30.

The illegal visit of the heads of municipalities of France to the occupied territories of Azerbaijan casts a shadow on the Azerbaijani-French relations, the Member of the Parliament of Azerbaijan, secretary of the commission on international relations of the New Azerbaijan Party, doctor of political sciences, professor Elman Nasirov told Trend.

During the visit to the South Caucasus region, the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs will urge the sides of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to build upon the reduction in tensions, OSCE told Trend.

France does not recognize the so-called "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic", the agreements signed by the local executive bodies do not impose any responsibility on the French government for their implementation and these agreements do not have any legal force, the French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Aurelia Bouchez stated on Oct. 29, the French diplomatic mission in Azerbaijan said in a message.

Occupation of Azerbaijani lands can never lead to political results pursued by Armenia, acting head of the press service of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry Leyla Abdullayeva said in a statement Oct. 29.

The Western media outlets do not sufficiently cover the issue of the occupation of Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region by Armenia and the damage it causes to the nature of the region, Peter Tase, US expert on Global Politics and Transatlantic Relations, adviser to Global Engineering Deans Council and other prestigious international institutions, said.