EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus meets President Aliev as tension increases around the Karabakh conflict zone.

The EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Philippe Lefort on Tuesday (5 February) met in Baku with the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev.

The Presidential Press Service said that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and conflict settlement process was discussed during the meeting.

Lefort is in Baku as tension increases on the line of contact separating Armenian and Azerbaijani forces. Twu Azerbaijani servicemen were reported killed and one injured by Armenian fire during the course of the day.

source: commonspace.eu

photo: President Aliev with the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus in Baku on 5 February 2013 (picture courtesy of the Press Service of the president of Azerbaijan)

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