BAKU. – Great Britain supports the activities of the OSCE Minsk Group and stands for the peaceful resolution of the Karabakh conflict. 

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague noted the aforesaid during his talk with Azerbaijani FM Elmar Mammadyarov, who is on a working trip to the United Kingdom, APA news agency of Azerbaijan reports quoting the Azerbaijani MFA.    

During the meeting they exchanged views about issues on the agenda of the United Nations Security Council.

Mammadyarov and Hague also held extensive talks about bilateral cooperation. 

Secretary Hague expressed gratitude for Azerbaijan’s contributions and support to operations in Afghanistan as well as the cooperation in the frame of NATO.

At the same time, Azadliq newspaper of Azerbaijan stressed that the decision to send Mammadyarov to London was made urgently, when it had become apparent that the Azerbaijani opposition was planning to visit London from September 8 to 11, and at the invitation of the British side.