Press Secretary of Azerbaijani President comments on information about contact between Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan in Ashgabat (UPDATED)
Baku/12.10.19/Turan: In his interview with Press Secretary of the Azerbaijani President Azer Gasimov commented on the information about a contact between President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during the meeting of the Council of CIS Heads of State in Ashgabat.
- Spokesman of the Armenian prime minister spread information on social networks that President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a contact during the meeting in Ashgabat. What can you say about this?
- According to the protocol, during an official dinner organized in honor of the heads of state, who participated in the meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan were sitting side by side, in an alphabetical order. Of course, they had a contact. The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict was discussed during the conversation.
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2019 October 12 (Saturday) 12:38:33
After Heated Debate, Aliyev and Pashinyan Talked for 1.5-2 Hours at Dinner
Baku / 12.10.19 / Turan: Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev discussed the current situation around the Karabakh conflict and the possibility of easing tension. ArmenPress was informed about it by the press secretary of the Prime Minister Vladimir Karapetyan.
"At the official dinner following the results of the Ashgabat CIS summit on October 11, where the seats were arranged in alphabetical order, Aliyev and Pashinyan sat side by side and talked. The conversation mainly concerned the current situation in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict, the possibilities of easing tension and further steps," Karapetyan said. According to him, the conversation lasted 1.5-2 hours.
According to Karapetyan, the Armenian Prime Minister again repeated the formula for resolving the conflict, which should be acceptable to Armenia, Karabakh and Azerbaijan. What Aliyev answered to that, the spokesman did not say.
It should be noted that official Baku has not yet announced the conversation between Aliyev and Pashinyan. -02D-
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