Dear Mr. President,

We were deeply saddened by the news of a heavy loss of life and injuries as a result of horrible terrorist attacks in the city of Nice.

We are extremely outraged by this ruthless incident, and consider it important and necessary to mobilize forces and carry out a joint and resolute sruggle against terrorism which has grown into a global evil.

Sharing your grief in these hard times, on behalf of the people of Azerbaijan and on my own behalf, I extend my deep condolences to you, the bereaved families, the loved ones of those who died and the whole people of France, and wish the injured the swiftest possible recovery.

Ilham Aliyev

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Baku, July 15, 2016

AZERTAC

Despite the agreement reached during the recent trilateral meeting on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Armenian military units resorted to another provocation by violating the ceasefire on the Azerbaijani-Armenian state border.

A round-table, “The Armenian terrorism and Azerbaijani multiculturalism” supported by the Baku International Multiculturalism Center (BIMC), Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, the Knowledge Fund under the Azerbaijani President, the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations, the Science Development Fund under the President of Azerbaijan and the State Committee on Work with Diaspora of Azerbaijan kicked off today in Baku. The round-table is a part of the “Terror Against Multiculturalism” project.

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will arrive in Azerbaijan for a working visit Thursday, Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry has told AZERTAC.

The call for peace in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh in the statement of Pope Francis in Yerevan calls to end Armenia’s illegal occupation of Azerbaijani territories, complete withdrawal of Armenian armed forces from Azerbaijani territories, including from Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, as well as to return Azerbaijani IDPs and refugees, who got subjected to bloody ethnic cleansing, to their native lands, Hikmat Hajiyev, spokesperson of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, said in a statement June 27.