On September 21, at the invitation of the Presidential Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a meeting with representatives of the Armenian residents of the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan has kicked off in the city of Yevlakh. The central authorities of Azerbaijan are represented by Ramin Mammadov, who was appointed as the person responsible for contacts with Armenian residents living in the Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Bashir Hajiyev, Deputy Special Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the liberated territories of the Karabakh Economic Region (except Shusha district), and Ilkin Sultanov, an employee of the Special Representative office. Armenian residents of Karabakh are represented by Sergey Martirosyan and David Melkumyan. A representative of the Russian peacekeeping contingent is attending the meeting as a participant.

Talks between the representatives of Karabakh Armenians with Azerbaijani officials have kicked off in Yevlakh. Representatives of the Armenian residents of Karabakh accompanied by the Russian peacekeeping contingent have arrived in Yevlakh earlier this morning. As proposed by the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the meeting with the representatives of the Armenian residents living in the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan to discuss the reintegration issues, based on the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan and its laws, will be held on 21 September 2023 in Yevlakh.

Representatives of the Armenian minority of Karabakh are gathering in Yevlakh.
At the suggestion of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a meeting with representatives of the Armenian residents of Karabakh will be held in Yevlakh on September 21 to discuss issues of reintegration based on the Constitution of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

"We have been reiterating over again that Azerbaijan’s agenda is about the peaceful reintegration of Karabakh Armenians and we support the normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. But Azerbaijan cannot tolerate any longer having a 10,000-strong armed forces on the sovereign territories of Azerbaijan with the substantial components of the Armenian forces on the ground,” said Assistant to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Head of Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration Hikmat Hajiyev at a briefing for diplomatic corps accredited in Azerbaijan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received Chair of the Board of bp Helge Lund. The meeting was attended by bp Executive Vice President for Production and Operations Gordon Birrell and former Chief Executive Officer of the company Lord John Phillip Browne, who participated in the signing of the "Contract of the Century" on September 20, 1994. During the conversation, the head of state noted the importance of September 20, the day of the signing of the "Contract of the Century" emphasizing that this is a very important page in the history of development of Azerbaijan.