Azerbaijani, Belgian FMs discuss cooperation & regional peace in Washington

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade, and Federal Cultural Institutions Hadja Lahbib on the fringes of the NATO summit.

Prospects of bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Azerbaijan and Belgium, as well as the current regional situation in the post-conflict period, were discussed at the meeting, Caliber.Az reports per a tweet from the Foreign Ministry.

In the margins of #NATOSummit, @Bayramov_Jeyhun, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan met with @HadjaLahbib, Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Affairs, Foreign Trade, and the Federal Cultural Institutions of Belgium.

Discussions covered Azerbaijan-Belgium bilateral… pic.twitter.com/AI8lpH4L4c

— MFA Azerbaijan 🇦🇿 (@AzerbaijanMFA) July 10, 2024

It was noted that mutual visits and contacts within the framework of international events have made a tangible contribution to the discussion of cooperation issues, and the necessity of further development was emphasized.

It was also highlighted that holding the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) in Azerbaijan this year makes the prospects of cooperation in combating climate change relevant. The possibilities of cooperation within regional and international organizations, as well as relations with the European Union, were discussed in detail at the meeting.

Jeyhun Bayramov provided detailed information about the current regional situation, new realities, the normalization process between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and the persisting mine threat in Azerbaijan. He stated that Armenia's policy of militarization threatens the peace agenda. Bayramov added that despite significant progress on the peace agreement, the Armenian constitution still contains territorial claims to Azerbaijan, which is an obstacle to the establishment of lasting peace.