AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA IN RUSSIA FOR TALKS

12/01/2021

Görkem ŞEKEROĞLU -TDO- Russian President Putin on Monday (11 th January)  hosted the Azerbaijani President and the  Armenian Prime Minister. This was their first meeting since a Russia-brokered truce ended six weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.

As they sat down for talks in the Kremlin, Putin said that the peace agreement has been implemented successfully, laying a strong foundation for a fair settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.  

Putin stated that high-level officials from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia will now take up further moves to restore traffic links in the region.

The peace deal reached on 10th Nov. 2020  ended 44 days of hostilities in which the Azerbaijani army overpowered  Armenian forces and reclaimed control over large parts of Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas.