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Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange prisoners in step towards normalisation

Azerbaijan releases 32 Armenians, most of whom were held since 2020, in exchange for two soldiers held since April.

Al Jazeera

Armenia, Azerbaijan Exchange War Prisoners

Armenia and Azerbaijan on Wednesday swapped prisoners of war, a first step towards normalising relations since Baku retook control of the long-disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in a one-day autumn offensive.

International Business Times

Baku to the future: After stalemate, UN climate talks will be in Azerbaijan in 2024

For years, climate change has been a factor — not the only one — in wars and conflicts, but now for the first time it’s part of a peace deal

The Independent UK

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Azerbaijan chosen to host Cop29 after fraught negotiations

Climate activists likely to be concerned by another fossil fuel-reliant country taking over summit presidency

The Guardian - UK

Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree To Take Steps Towards Normalization

The Caucasus neighbors have long fought over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan reclaimed after a lightning offensive against Armenian separatists in September.

Latin Times

Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to take steps towards normalisation

EU, US welcome statement in which two sides agree to exchange prisoners of war and Armenia backs Azerbaijan COP29 bid.

Al Jazeera

Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree To Take Steps Towards Normalisation

Arch-foes Armenia and Azerbaijan said Thursday they would exchange prisoners of war and work towards normalising their relations, in a joint statement hailed by the EU as a "breakthrough".

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Armenia and Azerbaijan announce deal to exchange POWs and work toward peace treaty

Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to exchange prisoners of war and work toward signing a peace treaty in what the European Union is hailing as a major step toward peace in the long-troubled region

The Independent UK

Azerbaijan’s Aliyev calls snap presidential elections for February

The president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has ordered elections to be held earlier than scheduled.

Al Jazeera

Iran leader to visit Turkey as rapprochement continues over Gaza war

The Iranian president's visit to Turkey this week comes amid deeply strained bilateral tensions as a result of regional rivalries. However, Israel's assault on Gaza stands to alleviate those problems as Tehran and Ankara find common ground in condemning Israel, with Turkey also seeking to position itself as a mediator…

Radio France Internationale

Azerbaijan accuses France of stoking 'new wars' in Caucasus

President Ilham Aliyev on Tuesday accused France of inciting conflicts in the Caucasus by arming Azerbaijan's longtime rival Armenia, with which it has fought two wars.

Radio France Internationale

Belgium's Romelu Lukaku scores 4 goals to set Euro qualifiers record

Romelu Lukaku scored a record-breaking four goals in a 5-0 win over 10-man Azerbaijan, Serbia drew 2-2 with Bulgaria to qualify, and Ferran Torres scored one goal after setting up Robin Le Normand's opener in Spain's 3-1 win over Georgia. Lukaku leads the qualifiers with 14 goals, four more than…

The Hindu

WATCH: Chelsea outcast Romelu Lukaku scores FOURTH goal in 37 minutes for Belgium against Azerbaijan in Euro 2024 qualifying to take international tally to 83

The Roma striker has a prolific record for his country and netted four times in the first half of the Red Devils' 5-0 win on Sunday

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Azerbaijan must let ethnic Armenians return to Nagorno-Karabakh: UN court

Tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians fled the region after Azeri forces seized the territory after a lightning assault.

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Azerbaijan must allow 'safe' return to Nagorno-Karabakh: UN court

The UN's top court ruled Friday on a long-running clash between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, which Baku seized in September in a lightning offensive.

The Guardian - UK

Euro 2024: Hungary book place with late leveller, Sweden humbled by Azerbaijan

Hungary left it late to secure a third straight Euros appearance while Sweden lost 3-0 to 10-man opposition in Baku

Radio France Internationale

French disinformation watchdog links Azerbaijan to 2024 Olympic smear campaign

Paris has linked Azerbaijani figures to a disinformation campaign aimed at tarnishing France's reputation as host of the 2024 Olympic Games.

France 24

Azerbaijan takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh: Victory of ‘authoritarian power over struggling democracy’

Over the course of two weeks, starting on September 19, some 100,000 Armenians fled the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in an exodus prompted by Azerbaijan’s invasion of the contested region, which had been governed by ethnic Armenians for some three decades. In Perspective, we spoke to Richard Giragosian, the founding director…

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The Guardian - UK

Azerbaijan is acting in self-defence

Letters: A state using its revenue to defend its territorial integrity is, or at least should be, uncontroversial, writes ambassador Elin Suleymanov

The Independent UK

Azerbaijan's president addresses a military parade in Karabakh and says 'we showed the whole world'

Hundreds of Azerbaijani soldiers have paraded through the capital city of the Karabakh region that came under full control of Azerbaijan in September after a lightning rout of ethnic Armenian forces

The Guardian - UK

BP projects have helped fund Azerbaijan military aggression, say campaigners

Exclusive: Global Witness claims UK firm has indirectly helped fund aggression against ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh

Radio France Internationale

Turkey, Iran put rivalries aside as Gaza conflict provides common ground

Iran's Foreign Minister visited the Turkish capital this week amid growing regional rivalry as Ankara seeks to expand its influence from the Caucasus to Central Asia. But the conflict in the Middle East is, for now, providing some common ground.

Foreign Policy

Armenian-Azerbaijan Peace Might Finally Be on the Table

Economic connections could rebuild a relationship wracked by war.

Al Jazeera

Armenian PM hopes for peace deal with Azerbaijan ‘in the coming months’

Pashinyan also seeks to establish diplomatic relations with Azerbaijan after decades of conflict between the neighbours.

Al Jazeera

Armenia says Pashinyan-Aliyev talks cancelled

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev had been due to meet in Brussels.

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