Trilateral meeting between Azerbaijan, Armenia, and US

On May 3, the tripartite meeting between Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, National Security Advisor of the US President Jake Sullivan, and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov took place, the Press Office of the Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.

Issues related to regional security and stability and normalizing relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan were discussed.

"Ararat Mirzoyan noted that the continuous aggressive policy of Azerbaijan towards Nagorno Karabakh, the occupation of the sovereign territories of the Republic of Armenia, does not contribute to the efforts to establish stability in the region. Minister Mirzoyan stressed that Azerbaijan's actions against the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, hate speech expressed at the highest level, and open threats of use of force testify to Azerbaijan's intention and real threat to subject Nagorno-Karabakh to ethnic cleansing," the report added.

"It was emphasized that the withdrawal of the troops, the border delimitation between the two countries based on the Alma-Ata Declaration, as well as the addressing of the issues of rights and security of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh within the mechanism of internationally guaranteed dialogue are key to a comprehensive settlement and establishing long-term stability in the region," the information said.

The Azerbaijani side has published no information yet [5 PM CET].

Meeting with the National Security Advisor of the US President

On the same day, Jeyhun Bayramov met with Jake Sullivan, the Press Office of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported.

The meeting dedicated to the normalization process between Azerbaijan and Armenia was also attended by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia, Ararat Mirzoyan. During the meeting, Jeyhun Bayramov emphasized that Azerbaijan is interested in establishing peace and stability in the region as the initiator of the main elements of the peace process with Armenia and the importance of agreeing and signing the peace agreement.

"It was noted that it is important for Armenia to stop taking steps against the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. At the same time, it was pointed out that the reintegration of the Armenian residents living in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan is an internal issue of the country, and the interference of the Armenian side in the efforts in this direction is unacceptable," the report added.

"At the same time, the minister stressed that the Armenian armed forces have not yet been fully withdrawn from the territory of Azerbaijan, contrary to the commitments accepted by Armenia, which is a source of serious threat to the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Azerbaijan, the information states," it noted.

Jake Sullivan said that the US side is interested in ensuring peace and stability in the region and in successfully concluding negotiations on a peace agreement.