On July 15th Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Elmar Mammadyarov met members of the European Parliament Gaston Franco, Jose Manuel Fernandez and Belgian MP Alain Destexhe.
Mammadyarov briefed the delegation on the ongoing development process in Azerbaijan and the country`s increasing role in the region.
The Minister also touched upon the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict, stressing the necessity of withdrawal of the Armenian armed forces from the occupied territories of Azerbaijan. He added several documents adopted by international organizations on the problem constitute legal basis for this.
For their part, the parliamentarians stressed the necessity of development of cooperation between Azerbaijan and EU.
They expressed hope the Armenia-Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh conflict would be settled peacefully.
The sides also discussed other issues of mutual interest.

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