Azerbaijani FM informs US Jewish Committee on provocations of Armenia

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has informed the leaders and representatives of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Coalition of American Jewish Organizations about Armenia's provocations.

Caliber.Az reports referring to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met in New York with leaders and other representatives of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) and a coalition of American Jewish Organizations within the High-Level Week of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly.

During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on issues of cooperation with Jewish organizations in the United States, prospects for the future and the regional situation were discussed.

Jeyhun Bayramov noted that Azerbaijan attaches great importance to establishing close ties with Jewish communities around the world and stressed that there are a large number of synagogues, schools and cultural centers in the country. The meeting also included an exchange of views on the latest situation in the South Caucasus, the activities carried out in Azerbaijan in the post-conflict period.

The Minister informed in detail about the large-scale restoration and construction work carried out in the territories of Azerbaijan liberated from occupation, spoke about the purposeful destruction of Azerbaijani territories by Armenia during the period of occupation, about the plundering of cultural heritage.

At the meeting, the parties conducted an exchange of views on the prospects for the development of relations between Azerbaijan and the US.