From Le Figaro with AFP
Published 4 hours ago, updated 25 minutes ago
This photo 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 issue was supposed to be raised.
Azerbaijan is ready for talks with Armenia under EU mediation, Azerbaijan confirms the arrest of a former separatist president of Nagorno-Karabakh… Le Figaro takes stock of the situation.
Azerbaijan is ready for EU-mediated talks with Armenia
Azerbaijan is ready for talks with Armenia through the mediation of the European Union after its victorious offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, an adviser to the Azerbaijani president assured on Thursday, October 5, even if his country did not take part in a European summit in Spain on the issue should be brought up.
“Azerbaijan is ready to take part in tripartite meetings between the European Union, Azerbaijan and Armenia soon in Brussels,” Hikmet Hajiev, an adviser to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev, assured on X, while denouncing France’s “policy of militarization” in the Caucasus . which he said led to his country skipping out on attending a European summit in Granada on Thursday.
Azerbaijan confirms it has arrested a former separatist president of Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijan confirmed on Thursday, October 5, the arrest of a former president of the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave where it just won a lightning victory against Armenian separatists.
Araïk Haroutiounian, who led the enclave until early September 2023, was detained on suspicion of “waging a war” and “hiring mercenaries,” thereby “violating international humanitarian principles,” the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General’s Office said. Armenia condemns “illegal” and “arbitrary” arrests of former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders by Baku.
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