This photograph taken on October 7, 2023 shows a general view of the village of Areni, western Armenia. After the loss of Nagorno-Karabakh in mid-September, some refugees were able to flee to the west of Armenia but the worry has not left them: they are today a few kilometers from the border with Nakhichevan, an Azerbaijani enclave that Baku could be tempted to link, by force, to its territory. AFP - ARIS MESSINIS
France has announced the sale of defensive equipment to Armenia as Azerbaijan launched military drills with its ally Turkey.
The deal was announced weeks after Baku seized Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenian separatists and amid fears in Yerevan that Azerbaijan might now seek to target southern Armenia.
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