No:699/23, Press release on the meeting between Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov
05 December 2023 16:00
On 5 December 2023, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov met with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov within the framework of his participation in the meeting of foreign ministers of the Caspian littoral states.
During the meeting, cooperation issues between Azerbaijan and Russia, as well as the current state and prospects of the normalization process between Azerbaijan and Armenia, were discussed.
The sides discussed prospects for the development of cooperation relations in a number of areas of the bilateral agenda, including the political, economic, trade, humanitarian, education and culture fields. Satisfaction was expressed with the level of multifaceted cooperation relations between Azerbaijan and Russia.
Minister Jeyhun Bayramov emphasized that Azerbaijan, as the initiator of the main elements of the peace process with Armenia, is a side interested in establishing peace and stability in the region, and that conditions have been created for agreeing on a peace agreement after the presence of Armenian armed forces and the separatist regime in our territories was ended. At the same time, it was stated that we support the intensification of negotiations on the delimitation of the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia on a bilateral basis, which is one of the other directions of normalization.
During the meeting, an exchange of views was also conducted on other bilateral and regional cooperation issues on the existing cooperation agenda between the two countries.
