Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has discussed the Karabakh settlement process with the chair of the United States House of Representatives Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), Devin Gerald Nunes, according to a statement posted on the Azerbaijani presidential website.

"Aliyev and Nunes exchanged opinions on regional security issues and the settlement of the Armenian-Azerbaijani Karabakh conflict," the statement said.

They also conferred on Azerbaijan's active support for the peacekeeping operation in Afghanistan and expressed confidence that Azerbaijan will continue fighting international terrorism.