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Ilham Aliyev received the Adviser of the US State Department and the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus
Baku/06.03.23/Turan: On March 6, Head of State Ilham Aliyev received Louis Bono, Adviser to the US State Department for Negotiations in the South Caucasus, and Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus.
During the conversation with Bono, Aliyev stressed the fruitfulness of the meeting in Munich with the Armenian Prime Minister and expressed gratitude to US Secretary of State Blinken for his peacekeeping efforts. The parties discussed ways to normalize relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia.
Similar issues were raised at the meeting between Aliyev and Toivo Klara. In particular, the possibility of holding a meeting of representatives of Baku and Yerevan in Brussels. ---02D---
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