Ilham Aliyev: Azerbaijan is committed to peaceful agenda in region

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, in an interview with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, said that in the coming days he would hold another meeting with the participation of senior representatives of Armenia.

The telephone conversation took place on the initiative of the American side.

“Azerbaijan is committed to a peaceful agenda in the region!”, The Azerbaijani leader emphasized, highly noting Washington’s contribution to the promotion of negotiations between Baku and Yerevan.

President Ilham Aliyev attracted the attention of the head of American diplomacy to the facts of smuggling of goods from Armenia to the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan under the guise of humanitarian transportation of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

Azerbaijani leader said that the investigation on the facts of smuggled deliveries through the Lachin checkpoint continues.

US Secretary of State, in turn, noted the importance of maintaining positive dynamics in the negotiations of Azerbaijan and Armenia.