Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met with representatives of Armenian and Azeri intelligentsia. Briefing Azerbaijan's position on the Nagorno Karabakh conflict, Aliyev said, "The conflict may be resolved on the basis of territorial integrity of Azerbaijan and rendering high autonomy to Nagorno Karabakh."

Yesterday the Azeri delegation led by Polad Bul-Bul-ogly, Azerbaijani Ambassador to Russia, crossed the mine-free sector of the contact line between the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forced, on Mardakert-Terter (Mir Bashir) road. The delegation was accompanied to Stepanakert by representatives of the Karabakhi side. A delegation of Armenian intelligentsia led by Armen Smbatian, RA Ambassador to Russia also arrived in the NKR capital. Afterwards, the delegations made for Yerevan to meet Armenian President Robert Kocharian.

The visit was organized by initiative of both Ambassadors.