Azerbaijan cancels talks with Nagorno-Karabakh authorities planned in  Bratislava

ArmInfo.Sources in Baku confirmed that Azerbaijan canceled the talks with the authorities of  Nagorno-Karabakh scheduled for August 1 in Bratislava. In particular, the Azerbaijani Turan agency, citing its sources, reports that the Azerbaijani authorities refused to meet.

The report notes that earlier Azerbaijan twice invited  representatives of Artsakh to Baku for a "dialogue on reintegration",  but Stepanakert refused. After that, Azerbaijani President Ilham  Aliyev said that there would be no further invitations to  negotiations.

It should be reminded that Tigran Petrosyan  chairman of the  Anti-crisis council under the President of the Artsakh Republic, said  today that Baku refused to participate in the planned meeting in  Bratislava. "With the mediation of the United States of America and  the European Union, the format was changed, and tomorrow a meeting of  representatives of Artsakh and Azerbaijan was to be held in  Bratislava. This is not the first time that Azerbaijan refuses the  meeting without giving a reason ," Petrosyan said.