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Al Jazeera
7 days ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Armenia, Azerbaijan leaders meet for peace talks in UAE
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan are holding peace talks in the United Arab Emirates after nearly four decades of conflict. The meeting in Abu Dhabi on Thursday between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, confirmed by both their governments, comes after the two countries finalised a draft peace deal in March. The South Caucasus countries have fought a series of wars since the late 1980s when Nagorno-Karabakh, a region in Azerbaijan that had a mostly ethnic-Armenian population at the time, broke away from Azerbaijan with support from Armenia. Peace talks began after Azerbaijan recaptured Karabakh in a lightning offensive in September 2023, prompting a huge exodus of almost all of the territory's 100,000 Armenians, who fled to Armenia. But the timeline for sealing a deal remains uncertain. Ceasefire violations along the heavily militarised 1,000km (620-mile) shared border surged soon after the draft deal was announced, though there have been no reported violations recently. In a potential stumbling block to a deal, Azerbaijan has said it wants Armenia to change its constitution, which it says makes implicit claims to Azerbaijani territory. Yerevan denies this, but Pashinyan has repeatedly stressed in recent months – most recently this week – that the South Caucasus country's founding charter needs to be updated. Azerbaijan also asked for a transport corridor through Armenia, linking the bulk of its territory to Nakhchivan, an Azerbaijani enclave that borders Baku's ally, Turkiye. Pashinyan and Aliyev's last encounter was in May, on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Tirana, Albania. In June, Pashinyan made a rare visit to Istanbul to hold talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a meeting Armenia described as a 'historic' step towards regional peace. This week, United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed hope for a swift peace deal between the Caucasus neighbours. The outbreak of hostilities between the two countries in the late 1980s prompted mass expulsions of hundreds of thousands of mostly Muslim Azeris from Armenia, and Armenians, who are majority Christian, from Azerbaijan.
Al Arabiya
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Armenia, Azerbaijan to meet in UAE for peace talks
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet on Thursday in the United Arab Emirates for peace talks, a day after the US expressed hope for a swift deal. Baku and Yerevan fought two wars over the disputed Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan recaptured from Armenian forces in a lightning offensive in 2023, prompting the exodus of more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians. The arch foes agreed on the text of a comprehensive peace deal in March, but Baku has since outlined a host of demands -- including amendments to Armenia's constitution to drop its territorial claims for the Karabakh -- before signing the document. On Wednesday, the Armenian government said Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet the following day in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, 'within the framework of the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan.' The Azerbaijani presidency issued an identical statement. The announcement came a day after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed hope for a swift peace deal between the Caucasus neighbors. Aliyev and Pashinyan last met on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Albania in May. At the time, French President Emmanuel Macron and European Council President Antonio Costa called for a prompt signature of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Arab News
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Armenia, Azerbaijan to meet for peace talks in UAE Thursday
BAKU: The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet on Thursday in the United Arab Emirates for peace talks, two days after the US expressed hope for a swift deal. Baku and Yerevan fought two wars over the disputed Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan recaptured from Armenian forces in a lightning offensive in 2023, prompting the exodus of more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians. The arch foes agreed on the text of a comprehensive peace deal in March, but Baku has since outlined a host of demands — including amendments to Armenia's constitution to drop its territorial claims for the Karabakh — before signing the document. On Wednesday, the Armenian government said Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet the following day in the UAE capital, Abu Dhabi, 'within the framework of the peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan.' The Azerbaijani presidency issued an identical statement. The announcement came a day after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed hope for a swift peace deal between the Caucasus neighbors. Aliyev and Pashinyan last met on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Albania in May.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Armenia and Azerbaijan's leaders meet briefly in Tirana as peace agreement momentum continues
Armenia and Azerbaijan's leaders held a brief discussion in Tirana on Friday during the European Political Community Summit. The Armenian government then issued a statement saying that both sides 'underlined the need for continued progress towards signing' the peace agreement between the two countries. 'The parties mutually emphasised the importance of finalising the text of the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement. They discussed the current situation and underlined the need for continued progress toward signing,' the Armenian government press release said. A video from the EPC summit shows Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressing Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in the corridors of the EPC summit in what appears to be an impromptu encounter. In the video, Pashinyan says, 'Let's go have a coffee,' to which Aliyev replies, 'I'll come by after the talks.' Another video shows the two leaders having a seated conversation afterwards, surrounded by officials from both countries. The meeting signals a continuing momentum after the two South Caucasus rival neighbours announced in March that they had finalised the text of a historic peace agreement to end decades of war over the Karabakh region. The timeline for the conclusion of the agreement and its signing by both countries remains to be defined.
