This photograph taken on September 22, 2023 shows an Armenian flag flying near the border with Azerbaijan, near Kornidzor. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP
UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – This decision comes after Azerbaijan did not attend a European summit in Spain where the subject was to be raised.
Azerbaijan ready for talks with Armenia under EU mediation, Azerbaijan confirms having arrested a former separatist president of Nagorno-Karabakh… THE Figaro takes stock of the situation.
Azerbaijan ready for EU-mediated talks with Armenia
Azerbaijan is ready for talks with Armenia under the mediation of the European Union, after its victorious offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, an advisor to the Azerbaijani president assured Thursday, October 5, even if his country has not visited at a European summit in Spain where the subject was to be raised.
“Azerbaijan is ready to participate in tripartite meetings between the European Union, Azerbaijan and Armenia in Brussels soon“, assured Hikmet Hajiev, an advisor to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev, on X, while denouncing the “militarization policy» of France in the Caucasus, which led, according to him, his country to give up participating in a European summit on Thursday in Granada.
Azerbaijan confirms it has arrested a former separatist president of Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan confirmed on Thursday October 5 that it had arrested a former president of the self-proclaimed republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave where it has just won a lightning victory against Armenian separatists.
Araïk Haroutiounian, who had led the enclave until early September 2023, was placed in detention because he is suspected of having “fought a war” And “hired mercenaries“, “violating international humanitarian principles“, said the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office. Armenia denounces arrests “illegal” And “arbitrary» from Baku among the ranks of the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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