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

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".

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

Following the takeover of Nagorno-Karabakh, which led to an almost full exodus of its Armenian population, fear grows.

After taking full control of Nagorno-Karabakh in September, will Azerbaijan go further? In the southern Armenian province of Syunik, residents are increasingly worried about the threat from Baku. Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev claims Syunik and much of Armenian territory is historically Azerbaijani, referring to it as "Western Azerbaijan". Since 2020,…

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has raised his nation’s flag over the capital of Karabakh in a ceremony reaffirming Baku’s control of the disputed region

Azerbaijani forces attacked the breakaway and long-disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023. Less than a month later, and the region is now all but deserted.

I want my voice of hope to reach the displaced children of Nagorno-Karabakh, says Ruslan Javadov

Having fled Nagorno-Karabakh, ethnic Armenians say they won’t return as they bank on more support from Yerevan.