SOCHI: Armenia, President Ilham Aliyev said Monday ahead of a trilateral meeting with the Russian and Armenian leaders in Sochi.
“We count on Russia’s further active role in the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations,” Aliyev said prior to a one-on-one meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Aliyev expressed his gratitude to Putin for the Russian leader’s role in the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and underscored the positive dynamics in Russian-Azerbaijan relations.
He further said that the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia can be achieved “on the basis of the five basic principles proposed by Baku.”
Meanwhile, Putin underlined the need to talk about the situation in Karabakh and to look for ways to resolve issues that “have not yet been resolved,” according to the Kremlin press service.
Earlier, Putin held bilateral talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, where he highlighted ensuring peace and stability in Karabakh as being “the most important thing.”
This September, deadly clashes on the Azerbaijan-Armenia border near Karabakh claimed nearly 300 lives.
Relations between the two former Soviet republics have been tense since 1991, when the Armenian military occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
In fall 2020, in 44 days of clashes, Baku liberated several cities, villages and settlements from Armenian occupation, ending in a Moscow-brokered truce. The peace agreement is celebrated as a triumph in Azerbaijan.
Separately, the Turkish Medical World Congress is being held in Istanbul under the auspices of the Turkish Presidential Administration with the organizational support of the Organization of Turkic States.
As part of an international event, Minister of Health of Azerbaijan Teymur Musayev held bilateral meetings with Secretary General of the Organization of Turkic States Baghdad Amreyev, Minister of Health of Türkiye Fahrettin Koca, Minister of Healthcare of Kazakhstan Azhar Giniyat, Minister of Health of Kyrgyzstan Gulnara Baatyrova and Minister of Health of Uzbekistan Behzod Musaev.
The sides discussed new prospects for the development and strengthening of healthcare ties and bilateral relations in the pharmaceutical industry.
The joint agreement of the leaders of the organization’s member states on holding the annual Turkish Medical World Congress in October, which was adopted following the Eighth Summit of the Organization of Turkic States is a historic event for the healthcare system and the medical community of the countries.
Congress intends to promote the development of healthcare cooperation worldwide. Furthermore, the international congress is a unique opportunity to create a platform that is of interest to all member states of the organization. –Agencies
