Ilham Aliyev meets OSCE Parliamentary Assembly president in Baku

In Baku, Azerbaijan, on September 3, 2026, President Ilham Aliyev met with Pere Joan Pons Sampietro, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly. During the meeting, Sampietro congratulated Aliyev on the peace progress between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Aliyev expressed gratitude but criticized the OSCE Minsk Group for its failure to resolve the conflict and emphasized Azerbaijan's military and political actions to restore its territorial integrity.