European Political Community updates: Azerbaijan ‘ready’ for Armenia talks

[Edge Guerrero]

By Mersiha Gadzo

Azerbaijan’s takeover of Karabakh was ‘inevitable’, Vladimir Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Azerbaijan’s military takeover of the Armenian-backed separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh last month was “inevitable”.

“It was only a matter of time before Azerbaijan started to restore constitutional order there,” Putin said, adding “it was inevitable after [Armenia’s] recognition of Azerbaijan’s sovereignty over Karabakh.”

Putin promised in 2020 that Russian peacekeepers would protect the region’s people, maintain a ceasefire, and assure access on the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia. None of those promises was kept.

Azerbaijan regained control of the Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh last month. Since then, more than 100,000 people – most of Karabakh’s population – have fled and sought refuge in Armenia, a country of 2.8 million.

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