ArmInfo. In 2019, official Baku expects Yerevan to withdraw the Armenian armed forces from the territories controlled by the Armenian side, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov told Interfax-Azerbaijan.
"We hope that in the coming 2019 certain progress will be achieved in terms of the withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and the normalization of relations between the two countries," Mammadyarov said.
He stressed that progress in resolving the Karabakh conflict, creating conditions for peace, security and stability in the entire region, in the first place will open up opportunities for economic growth in Armenia itself.