Macron called Aliyev to start peace talks with Armenia



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The Azerbaijani presidency indicated that French President Emmanuel Macron invited his Azerbaijani counterpart, Ilham Aliyev, to hold peace talks with Armenia on the military confrontation between the two countries in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, while the latter accused Armenia of authorize negotiations.

A presidential statement in Azerbaijan noted that Macron “expressed concern about the ongoing hostilities on the line of contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan and called for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations.”

Aliyev was quoted as saying that the latter informed Macron of the killing of 19 Azerbaijani civilians and the wounds of more than 60 in the Armenian artillery bombardment of Azerbaijani regions, as well as the destruction of hundreds of homes.

Aliyev added during the call that his country’s forces carried out a successful counterattack during which they liberated part of the “occupied” territories, accusing Armenia of taking measures that undermined the negotiation process.

And renewed military clashes between Armenia and Azerbaijan on September 27, and the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, approved the imposition of a state of war in various cities and regions of the republic and the curfew, and announced a partial mobilization. Before this, Armenia declared a state of war and general mobilization.

A spokesman for the leader of Nagorno Karabakh, Fagram Boghossian, stated that “the unilaterally proclaimed President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, Araik Arutyunyan, has declared a state of war and general mobilization for those over eighteen years old.”

Several countries, including Russia and France, called on the parties to the conflict to show restraint, and Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation last Sunday, during which they indicated the importance of doing everything. Possible effort to prevent escalation in Karabakh.



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