Experts see the decline of Tehran's relations with Baku as a microcosm of the broader failure of President Ebrahim Raisi’s promised strong-neighbourhood agenda.
Azerbaijani activists are protesting along Lachin corridor, the road that connects Armenia to Karabakh, as Baku says its mining sites in the region are being illegally exploited by Yerevan.
It is necessary to refer to the names of Azerbaijani settlements with the correct toponyms mentioned in the official documents sent to Russia, said Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry.
Armenia says it would only take part in the meeting if French President Emmanuel Macron is also in attendance, an insistence Azerbaijan calls an attempt to disrupt peace talks.
Baku and Yerevan accuse each other of opening fire on border settlements on Monday as representatives from both countries hold US-mediated talks.
Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders held peace talks through Turkish and EU mediations in Prague, increasing hopes for a comprehensive settlement to one of the world’s most difficult political and military conflicts.
It was the foreign ministers' first face-to-face meeting since two days of shelling last week by both sides killed more than 200 troops.
Almost 60 people return to Zangilan district, which they had to flee in 1993 when Armenian forces attacked and occupied it, killing thousands of people and displacing some 30,000 from the area.
The Armenian Foreign Ministry says the “two sides discussed the implementation of previously undertaken commitments and exchanged views on further possible steps”.
It is part of a strategic transportation route that extends from Azerbaijan’s Baku to Türkiye’s Kars province, passing through Armenia.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said construction of both railways and highways will help further link countries in the region.
Türkiye’s Ambassador, Serdar Kilic, and the Deputy Speaker of the Armenian Parliament, Ruben Rubinyan, “reiterated their agreement to continue the process without preconditions."
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