UK minister to visit Yerevan, Baku on Nov. 3-5

The UK’s minister for Europe, David Lidington, will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan on 3-5 November to underline UK support for efforts to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the British embassy in Baku said.

Lidington will make a visit to Armenia on 3-4 November and Azerbaijan on 4-5 November. The visit will enable the minister to express the UK’s support for the work of the Minsk Group co-chairs, to discuss recent regional developments, and to share views on the progress towards peace.

In Yerevan, the minister plans to meet Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian, the Armenian president’s special envoy for Nagorno-Karabakh, Arkady Ghukasyan, civil society representatives from Nagorno Karabakh and other NGO partners working on peace building projects in the region.

In Baku, the UK minister for Europe is planning to meet President Ilham Aliyev, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, the Deputy Prime Minister and the Chairman of State Committee for Refugees and IDP Ali Hasanov, the Chairman of the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh Bayram Safarov and parliamentarians to discuss the Karabakh conflict.

The minister will also give a speech at the ADA University on UK foreign policy, followed by a question and answer session with a group of students.

Bakudaily.Az