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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has stated he is ready to meet Armenian PM Nikol PAshinyan when the after is ready, Aliyev said in an interview to Spanish EFE news agency, according to local sources.

“Actually the talks and the contacts have started. There is a format of cooperation on the level of deputy prime ministers of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. This format is dedicated to the issues related to the opening of communications. Also, recently on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly session foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met," Aliyev reminded.  

In his words, since the war ended, they want to establish normal relations with Armenia based on a mutual recognition of territorial integrity of both countries. "We are ready to start immediately the process of delimitation of our borders. And, of course, after that process is ended-demarcation. We also express willingness to start to work together with Armenia on the future peace agreement. All these initiatives have been articulated on many times by me and by other Azerbaijani officials, but unfortunately, have not been yet positively responded by Armenian side,” Aliyev said, as quoted by the local sources. 

“I am ready, and I already expressed this position if Armenian side is ready, I am also ready. We had one meeting that was in trilateral format at the invitation of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin, in the beginning of this year. I am ready to talk to Mr. Pashinyan any time when he is ready. So, I am open for these discussions and I think that could be also a good indicator that the war is over and that page has been turned down,” Aliyev added.