Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents to meet on November 22
The Karabakh dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia has strained ties between the two countries.
At the invitation of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chair countries, President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and President Serzh Sargsyan of Armenia will meet for the sixth time this year on November 22 at the Consulate General of France in Munich, Germany.
Ahead of the meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said the final stage of the Karabakh problem has arrived, and if his meeting with the Armenian President ends without result, then their hopes in negotiations will be exhausted.
Aliyev said, “We are going to the meeting in Munich with our own programme to present and this meeting should play a role in the solution process. Since we have met several times without reaching a concrete result, if this time the talks fail again then all our hopes for a lasting peace will fade. He added, “When our hope for peace is perished, we will have no place to go, we have to be ready for such a result.”
Azerbaijani President also noted that they invest money on buying new weapons, strengthening their army.
Underlining that the international community recognizes Azerbaijan’s territorial integrity, Aliyev also said, “We want to solve this problem through merely peaceful means, not through war. But, If Armenia does not quit its claims then this will not be the wisest behavior.
