At the request of the European Union, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met in Brussels on May 14.
The discussion was overseen by European Council Chairman Charles Michel, who highlighted the progress achieved on numerous crucial issues of settling the Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute. The two presidents reiterated their support for the Almaty Declaration of 1991 and the territorial sovereignty of Armenia and Azerbaijan inside their respective boundaries.
The issue of Nagorno-Karabakh's acceptance as part of Azerbaijan was discussed, with final delineation and disarmament to be discussed.
Another area of development was the freeing of regional transportation and economic linkages, notably a transportation route between Azerbaijan's mainland and the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic. Discussions on the mutual release of prisoners were also fruitful, with plans for upcoming releases in the following weeks.
The fate of missing individuals and demining efforts were also emphasized during the talks. At present, neither Pashinyan nor Aliyev has publicly commented on the outcome of the negotiations in Brussels.
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