UK armed forces’ minister is in Azerbaijan, relations with Armenia are among issues to be discussed

The UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for the Armed Forces), James Heappey, has arrived in Azerbaijan on a one-day visit, Turan reports.

Meetings with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Minister of Defense Zakir Hasanov, and Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov are scheduled.

Matters of expanding cooperation in the defense sector, the situation in Ukraine, as well as the unresolved issues with Armenia and the course of the respective peace process will be discussed during these meetings.

The British minister will discuss also cooperation in demining.