Article 6HE1C Azerbaijan close to peace agreement with Armenia, officials say

Azerbaijan close to peace agreement with Armenia, officials say

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Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#6HE1C)

Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev has met Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan for bilateral talks in St Petersburg

Azerbaijani officials have said the country could be closing in on a peace agreement with Armenia to end their decades-long conflict following its lightning offensive in September to take control of its Nagorno-Karabakh region.

In face of a decisive military advance, more than 100,000 people fled the mountainous south Caucasus enclave, which, following a war in the 1990s, had been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces, backed by Armenia.

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