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Last week, Baku and Yerevan, mediated by Moscow, signed a peace agreement that ended six weeks of fighting that claimed thousands of lives and forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes.
Under a deal made in Azerbaijan and outraged in Armenia, Yerevan agreed to hand over to Baku several districts of the disputed region and other territories controlled by Armenian separatists since the war in the 1990s.
A joyful crowd welcomed President Ilham Aliyev and the first Ms. Mehriban Aliyev, who went to the Jebrajil and Fiuzuli districts on Monday, according to videos and photos released by the presidency on Tuesday. The first couple wore military clothing during the trip.
Ilhamas Aliyevas, Mehriban Aliyeva
“It just came to our knowledge then [autonominio] Karabakh will not have the status. Azerbaijan is a united country, “Aliyev said, driving an armored vehicle on the roads of the Fuzuli district.
His wife, who is also the first vice president of her country, sent an air kiss on the phone while taking a selfie.
Ilhamas Aliyevas, Mehriban Aliyeva
Holding hands, the couple took photos on the medieval Chudaferin Bridge near the country’s border with Iran. Until now, the area has been controlled by Armenian separatists for almost three decades.
The Armenians “destroyed everything here and will be held accountable in international courts,” Aliyev said, pointing to a panorama of the ruined city of Jebrail.
“Look what the vile enemy did to the city of Jebrail. They wanted Azerbaijanis never to come back here. But we will live here. We have returned to our homeland, ”said the authoritarian president.
Nagorno-Karabakh declared its independence from Azerbaijan almost 30 years ago, but the international community, not even Armenia, does not recognize it.
Clashes between Azerbaijani and Armenian separatists in late September continued despite efforts by France, Russia and the United States to mediate a ceasefire.
Armenian Prime Minister calls for an end to violence over peace agreement with Azerbaijan
The head of the Armenian government, Nikol Pashinian, sparking a wave of outrage over a controversial peace deal with neighboring Azerbaijan, called for an end to the violence on Monday after reports of a reported conspiracy to kill him.
Last week, Pashinian announced that a Moscow-brokered peace agreement with Baku had been reached, ending six weeks of fighting over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, claiming at least 2,400 lives and forcing tens of thousands of people. to flee their homes.
Armenia agreed to hand over Kelbecker and several other districts controlled by Armenian separatists since the war in the 1990s to Azerbaijan.
When the deal was announced, thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Armenian capital, Yerevan, to demand the resignation of the “traitor” Nashinian. Protesters also stormed government buildings.
On Monday, the prime minister called for seriousness.
“Today I made it clear that violence or provocation of violence, especially armed violence, cannot in any way be a means of government action,” he said on Facebook.
Pasinyan expressed hope that the opposition will also announce that it does not support any act of violence.
On Saturday, authorities said they had foiled a conspiracy to assassinate the prime minister and arrested the leader of the opposition, former head of the Armenian security services Artur Vanecian.
A. Vanecian, chairman of the center-right “Tėvynė” party, was released on Sunday after the court ruled that there was no legal basis to keep him in detention.
Last week, ten opposition leaders were arrested for inciting the unrest. All of them were later released by the courts.
Clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenian separatists resumed on September 27 and continued despite a three-front ceasefire brokered by France, the United States and Russia. These efforts failed after the two parties to the conflict accused each other of violating the ceasefire regime.
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