France wanted Karabakh — internationally recognised as a territory of Azerbaijan — to remain a "frozen" conflict but Baku "foiled their plans," says President Ilham Aliyev.
Turkish troops were sent in the wake of a fall 2020 conflict between Azerbaijan, and Armenia over Karabakh, ending nearly 30 years of Armenian occupation.
It is part of a strategic transportation route that extends from Azerbaijan’s Baku to Türkiye’s Kars province, passing through Armenia.
Turkey's Defence Minister Hulusi Akar met with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev in Shusha to participate in celebrations marking the defeat of Armenia in the Karabakh war of 2020.
The snap parliamentary election was called by Acting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in a bid to resolve public anger over the peace deal he signed after the disastrous war with Azerbaijan that triggered months of protests demanding his resignation.
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