U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday asked the president of Azerbaijan to redouble efforts to clinch a peace agreement with Armenia and called for the immediate reopening of a corridor vital to the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region.
But Azerbaijan's president, Ilham Aliyev, denied that the Lachin corridor, linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia, was subject to a blockade. He said officials in the region had to halt a mining project that Azeri activists say is the main reason for disrupting traffic.
Blinken also raised human rights concerns in Azerbaijan when he spoke to its president, the State Department said. Nagorno-Karabakh broke away from Azerbaijan in the dying days of Soviet rule, but Azerbaijan regained much of the lost territory in a six-week conflict in 2020, ended by a Russia-brokered truce and the dispatch of Russian peacekeepers.
France Dernières Nouvelles, France Actualités
Similar News:Vous pouvez également lire des articles d'actualité similaires à celui-ci que nous avons collectés auprès d'autres sources d'information.
US urges Azerbaijan, Armenia to resolve Lachin corridor impasseUS Secretary Blinken urges Azerbaijan and Armenia to resolve political impasse over the Lachin corridor, warning that the ongoing blockade in Karabakh could reignite conflict between the two nations
Lire la suite »
BP has a growing Azerbaijan problemJust last year, British Petroleum, or BP, the world’s eighth-largest oil and gas company by revenue, proudly celebrated 30 years of partnership with Azerbaijan. It remains that country’s largest foreign investor.
Lire la suite »
U.S. seeks immediate reopening of key corridor to ease Armenia-Azerbaijan tensionsU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday asked Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev to redouble efforts in bilateral peace discussions with Armenia and urged an immediate reopening of the Lachin corridor to commercial traffic, the State Department said.
Lire la suite »
Inspector General Rules That Former Interior Secretary Bernhardt's Alleged Conflict of Interest Was A-OkayJust because it was legal doesn't make it right, according to the Center for Western Priorities.
Lire la suite »