PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES AZERBAIJANI AND ARMENIAN INTELLECTUALS
Baku, July 3 (AZERTAC). At the initiative of the embassies of Azerbaijan and Armenia to the Russian Federation and support of the OSCE, a group of Azerbaijani and Armenian intellectuals have today visited Khankendi, Shusha and, then, traveled to Armenia where they met President Serzh Sargsyan.
Later that day, the group left Yerevan for Baku where they were received by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.
The group included Armenian ambassador to Russia Armen Smbatyan, editor-in-chief of Arovot newspaper Aram Abramian, director of the Mediamaks news agency Ara Tadevosian, journalist of the Novoye Vrema newspaper Armen Khanbabyan, members of Armenian parliament Ermine Nagdalyan, Mkhitar Mnasakanyan, footballer Eduard Markarov, director of the S. Paradjanov museum Zaven Sargsyan, director of the Public Organization Shushan Katlamadjan, medical worker from Nagorno-Karabakh Lyudmila Grigaryan, Russian President`s special envoy for international cultural cooperation Mikhail Shvidkoy, members of the Azerbaijan parliament Asim Mollazade, Rovshan Rzayev, Rector of the National Conservatory Siyavush Karimi, chief of cultural department of the Shusha Executive Power Zahid Abbasov, editor-in-chief of the Karabakh newspaper Chingiz Ismayilov.
On the Azerbaijan`s stance on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the Head of State said resolution of the problem must be based on Azerbaijan`s territorial integrity and inviolability of frontiers only, with granting high autonomy status to Nagorno-Karabakh.
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