Jeyhun Bayramov
Baku/18.09.23/Turan: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov has left for New York to attend the 78th session of the UN General Assembly.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the visit, Bayramov is scheduled to speak at the plenary session of the Assembly, participate in events within the framework of the General Assembly, as well as to attend bilateral meetings with heads of delegations of various countries.
It has to be noted that earlier representatives of the US State Department reported on a possible meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia in New York. In order to prepare for such a meeting, State Department Special Representative Luis Bono visited Yerevan and Baku last week. -06B-
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