Azerbaijani Foreign Minister met with the NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia to discuss the process of normalizing relations between Baku and Yerevan, the Azerbaijani foreign ministry said on Friday.

Iran PressAsia: In this meeting, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin and attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the parties announced the progress of negotiations to achieve peace.

"The sides discussed issues of cooperation between NATO and Azerbaijan, the normalization process and the current state of talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia," it said, adding that Bayramov informed the NATO secretary general’s envoy about the steps taken by the Azerbaijani side to promote the peace agenda and "Armenia’s military political provocations undermining the peace process."

Colomina stressed that NATO supports the normalization process between Azerbaijan and Armenia, the ministry noted.

"The Azerbaijani side stressed the importance of regular political dialogue and the development of practical cooperation between Azerbaijan and NATO," it added. 219