BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 13. EU Special
Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia
Magdalena Grono has made a post on her X page about her visit to
Azerbaijan.
"Concluded another series of regular consultations in
Azerbaijan, where I met with Foreign Minister Bayramov, as well as
with Presidential Advisers Hajiyev and Amirbayov in Baku on 10
September. We discussed EU's support to the Azerbaijan-Armenia
bilateral peace process, including humanitarian aspects related to
legacies of past conflict, as well as connectivity and regional
co-operation efforts. On 11-12 September, I joined for the first
time a visit organised by the Azerbaijani authorities for the
diplomatic community to former conflict-affected areas in Karabakh
and East Zangezur regions to get acquainted with the situation on
the ground. We had the chance to engage with local authorities,
former IDPs and media representatives. This visit also included
various sites of cultural and religious heritage, such as mosques
and churches. Deeply diverging views and narratives persist, for
instance on origins of some sites and would need to be addressed
between Azerbaijan and Armenia to also overcome this aspect of past
conflict as part of their broader reconciliation efforts.
Acknowledgement of outstanding legacies of past conflict and
suffering on all sides would be paramount for this. Following
exchanges with Azerbaijani counterparts, now looking forward to my
upcoming meetings with Armenian officials and civil society
representatives tomorrow in Yerevan," the post said.
