Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed his hope at the meeting with President of the European Council Charles Michel in Brussels that the process of drafting the peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia would be accelerated.
The head of state noted that Azerbaijan had laid out five principles based on international law for the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and for the signing of a peace agreement, emphasizing that the principles were playing the key role in drafting the peace agreement.
According to the results of the meeting between Azerbaijan, Armenia and the European Union on 6 April, Ilham Aliyev said that Azerbaijan had determined the composition of the working group to start negotiations on a peace agreement in late April, as well as the composition of the national border delimitation commission, reiterating that the country was ready to start the negotiations.
The Azerbaijani leader also stressed the importance of clarifying the issue of landmines in the liberated territories and the fate of about 4,000 people, who went missing in the first Karabakh war. He also underlined the need for Armenia to implement all the provisions of the 10 November Statement.
The President of the European Council reiterated the EU's commitment to support the process of normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, noting that it would continue its mediation efforts, and underlined the importance of previous meetings held in this format. Charles Michel thanked Ilham Aliyev for attending the meeting in Brussels in this format.
