Historical background to the document "From the talk of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev at the meeting with the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Gerhard Schroeder (Istanbul, the "Chiragan" Palace, November 19, 1999)"


Attending the Istanbul Summit of OSCE , Heydar Aliyev met the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Gerhard Schroeder on 19 November 1999. The Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, its solution and other issues of mutual interest were discussed during the meeting.

Heydar Aliyev presented the German Chancellor the decree and the letter on the return to Germany of the paintings brought from the Bremen gallery to Azerbaijan in 1947.

“90 Instants of the Great leader”, Heydar Aliyev Heritage research center, “Sharq-Qarb”, Baku-2013, p.154