Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated at the CIS summit that he categorically rejected the attempt of the European Union to send a mission to Azerbaijan in Prague.

"As a result of hours-long negotiations, we reached a decision to send a civilian mission of 40 people to the territory of Armenia on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Later we learned that their number will be 50 people. They will stay there for at least 2 months, and the purpose of this mission, as we see, and therefore we have agreed to it, is to help the parties in demarcation and demarcation," Aliyev said.

According to him, there was an attempt to send that mission to the Azerbaijani side, which was rejected.

"There was an attempt to send that mission to the Azerbaijani side, which was decisively rejected by us. Therefore, the mission will be located in the territory of Armenia, in the zone of responsibility of the CSTO," Aliyev noted.

It should be reminded that on October 6, the meeting of Nikol Pashinyan, Ilham Aliyev, Emmanuel Macron, and Charles Michel took place in Prague. A statement was adopted as a result of the meeting. According to the statement, Armenia and Azerbaijan recognize each other's territorial integrity and sovereignty, Armenia expressed its agreement to encourage the EU civilian mission along the border with Azerbaijan. The purpose of the mission will be to build confidence and support the border commissions through its reports.