The OSCE Minsk Group will visit the region on October 26-28. This was announced by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov at the press conference on October 20. He affirmed that in New York City at the talks with the mediators, discussing the preparation of the meeting of the Presidents of Azerbaijan and Armenia.
"We have to wait for nomination of proposals by the Co-chairs," the Minister said. At present, there are two options. First, if there is a meeting of the Presidents, they themselves determine the agenda.
The second option is discussion around the proposals already put forward by the Presidents. According to Mammadyarov, the question is still open.
Asked whether Mammadyarov will take part in the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting in Belgrade on December 2, the Minister replied that in all probability the Azerbaijani side will take part at the summit.
Recall that recently the relations between Azerbaijan and the OSCE have remained tense. Azerbaijan closed the OSCE Office in Baku. Azerbaijani authorities proposed to limit the number of observers of the OSCE ODIHR at the parliamentary elections on November 1, after which the organization canceled all observation mission. -03D06-
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Head of the External Relations and Security Service of the EU Josep Borrel rejected the accusations against him and European countries made by the head of Azerbaijan at the COP29 conference the previous day.
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