Azerbaijan

Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange war prisoners

The two parties stated they "reconfirm their intention to normalise relations and to reach a peace treaty on the basis of respect for the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity" when they announced the planned prisoner swap last week

Azerbaijan leader Ilham Aliyev calls snap presidential elections for 7 February

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's popularity has been increasing after his military recaptured the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenian separatists in a lightning offensive in September

Armenia, Azerbaijan hold border talks amidst stalled peace efforts

The normalisation talks between the two nations had hit a roadblock after Baku reclaimed the Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenian separatists

Blinken discusses peace talks with Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders

Baku and Yerevan have been locked in a decades-long conflict over control of the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Baku recaptured from Armenian separatists in a lightning offensive in September

Vantage | Why Azerbaijan accuses France of stoking a new war

The accusations and warnings from Azerbaijan highlight the delicate balance that must be maintained to prevent a resurgence of hostilities in this historically troubled region

Azerbaijan accuses France of stoking ‘new war’ in the Caucasus by arming Armenia

Earlier last month, Azerbaijan's president had slammed the European Union and warned that France’s decision to send military aid to Armenia could trigger a new conflict in the South Caucasus after a lightening Azerbaijani military operation in October

World Court orders Azerbaijan to let ethnic Armenians return to Nagorno-Karabakh

The ruling comes after Azerbaijan in September retook the contested region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightning offensive, prompting the mass exodus of most of its 120,000 ethnic Armenians to neighbouring Armenia

Is Azerbaijan carrying out ‘ethnic cleansing’ of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh?

Azerbaijan in September recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightning offensive after months of blockade by its military. Yerevan has accused Baku of ethnic cleansing after more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians fled the region, sparking a refugee crisis

Azerbaijan-Turkey hold first joint drills with since Karabakh victory

In a statement, the defense ministry of Azerbaijan stated that exercises bearing the name of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey, were being attended by up to 3,000 military troops

French Mayor removes Ukraine flag from city hall after phone call between Zelenskyy and Azerbaijan Prez Aliyev

The Ukrainian flag had been hoisted at the city hall to express solidarity with Kyiv. However, after the call, the mayor argued it was contradictory to "claim Western values and request Western assistance" while supporting Azerbaijan and "ethnic cleansing' of ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh