Toivo Klaar / Photo: TURAN.az
Toyko Klaar discussed the situation around Karabakh with the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister of Armenia /UPDATED/
Baku/13.09.21/Turan: On Monday, the Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Toivo Klaar discussed regional security. “The parties stressed the need for a comprehensive settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs. The Foreign Minister stressed that maintaining the ceasefire regime, the immediate and unconditional return of prisoners of war, civilian hostages still in Azerbaijan, as well as the rejection of anti-Armenian sentiments and militant rhetoric are important to ensure regional stability and security, ”the Armenian Foreign Ministry said. Mirzoyan also condemned "the illegal presence of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia and the holding of military exercises in the zone of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."
Today Klaar was received by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who praised the support from the European Union in the form of a financial package of 2.6 billion euros. Toyko Klaar reaffirmed the EU's political commitment to continue supporting Armenia in priority areas.
The parties "exchanged views on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the opening of transport communications," "stressed the importance of resuming negotiations within the framework of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairmanship," the Armenian government said in a statement. -02D-
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2021 September 13 (Monday) 15:13:08
EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus to visit Yerevan and Baku
Baku/13.09.21/Turan: The EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and for the crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar arrived in Yerevan on September 13.
Within two days, he will hold negotiations with the leadership of Armenia, Klaar wrote about this in his microblog on Twitter. From Armenia Klaar will arrive in Azerbaijan, where he will hold similar meetings.
Klaar does not report on the topic of the meetings and negotiations, but there is no doubt that the discussion will focus on the ways of the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and the implementation of the previously reached agreements. -02D-
Politics
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Voting in the early elections to the Milli Majlis of Azerbaijan began at 8:00. Voting is taking place at 6,478 polling stations throughout Azerbaijan, including the lands liberated from occupation. 990 candidates are competing for 125 seats in the unicameral parliament.
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Armenia is not against the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group, but does not consider it appropriate to discuss this issue now. "In the context of peace, we consider it possible to make a decision on the dissolution of the OSCE Minsk Group. When peace is an established fact, the existence of such a format may raise questions," Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at a press conference today. "The whole question is about the timing, we need to understand how effectively and correctly to turn such topics into a subject of discussion right now," the Armenian Prime Minister added.
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He expressed his willingness to meet with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev at the border between the two countries. "A meeting with Ilham Aliyev could take place at the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. I am open to such a format," Pashinyan said at a press conference today. According to Pashinyan, Armenia recently presented another proposal for a peace treaty to Azerbaijan.
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On August 31, Azerbaijan observes a "day of silence" before the Sunday’s early parliamentary elections for the unicameral Milli Majlis. All electoral campaigning is prohibited 24 hours before the voting. The early elections were initiated by the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan Party. This decision was motivated by the overlap of the scheduled elections in November with the global UN forum - the COP20 climate conference taking place in Baku.
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