Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov received Helbert Salber, the Special Representative of the European Union for the South Caucasus
At the meeting, the current status of negotiations towards the resolution of Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict were discussed and unacceptability and unsustainability of current status-quo was stressed.
Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov touched upon the issue of release of Shahbaz Guliyev and Dilgam Asgarov who were captured by Armenia and expressed the importance of raising this issue of humanitarian character with Armenia by the European Union and the international community. He expressed concerns over the health conditions of captives.
Helbert Salber mentioned that the matter of release of Azerbaijani hostages will be raised again in discussion with Armenia.
Stating that as a consequence of Armenia’s aggression against Azerbaijan, more than 4000 people are missing, Elmar Mammadyarov underlined that Armenia, based on humanitarian considerations, Armenia shall provide information on their fate as supported by OSCE Minsk Group Co-chairs. He added that by DNA analysis, the personality of the missing persons could be identified and thus, their family and close relatives could be informed of their fates.
Elmar Mammadyarov stressed that dialogue between Azeribaijani and Armenian communities of Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is an important confidence-building measure which can serve to the resolution of the conflict.
Helbert Salber congratulated Azerbaijan on the occasion of organization of the First European Games and stated that these games serve to the peace, stability, prosperity and development.
During the meeting, discussion were also held on the issues of mutual interest.
