French and Turkish Presidents Emmanuel Macron and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have met on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Brussels and discussed, among other things, the situation in South Caucasus, the Elysee Palace has said.

Macron said France is "determined to finding a permanent political solution to the crisis between Azerbaijan and Armenia" within the Minsk Group co-chairmanship.

Macron also expressed satisfaction with the efforts to normalize relations between Turkey and Armenia.

The meeting came amid renewed tension in Karabakh (Artsakh). In the past two days, Azerbaijan has been using drones and other munitions to attack Nagorno-Karabakh and has managed to capture a village, kill two soldiers and injure at least five others. It was reported on Friday that lengthy negotiations of the Russian peacekeeping troops have not yielded significant results, and that the Azeris have not returned to the starting positions.