ArmInfo. Javier Colomina, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia.
"Very important indeed to see Armenia and Azerbaijan meeting again at the highest level and agreeing on the need to continue the talks towards a long lasting peace treaty. NATO strongly supports the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan."
On February 17, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz brokered a meeting between Armenian Premier Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Later, the Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders continued bilateral talks.
Germany and Europe are ready to support the peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan to the best of their ability. I confirmed this in discussions with both countries. It's good that both sides have agreed to resolve open issues without new violence.
On February 18, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has met with Secretary General of the OSCE, Deputy President of the Foundation Council, Munich Security Conference Helga Maria Schmid in Munich, at the latter's request, APA reports.
President Ilham Aliyev noted that the meeting organized at the initiative of the Chancellor of Germany took place in a constructive and fruitful environment. He highlighted that agreements had already been reached on the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the delimitation of borders, and the negotiations on a peace treaty. In this regard, the Azerbaijani leader emphasized that a meeting at the level of foreign ministers had been agreed upon to take place shortly. The President underlined that achieving peace and signing a peace agreement is very realistic, stating that de facto peace exists in the region.