These new talks on Nagorno-Karabak began two days after Azerbaijan’s military victory. A first meeting was held this Thursday morning in Yevlakh, Azerbaijan. The two delegations separated without reaching an agreement but Baku assures that new discussions will be held “as quickly as possible”.
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The first talks were held this Thursday morning in the Azerbaijani town of Yevlakh located only about fifty km from Nagorno-Karabash, in the presence of representatives of the Azerbaijani authorities and representatives of Armenian separatists. Defeated on the ground the day before yesterday, these separatists agreed to lay down their arms and negotiate “the reintegration” of Nagorno-Karabakh under Azerbaijani rule.
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According to the Russian news agency Ria Novosti, Karabakh representatives said after leaving the meeting that there was no final agreement because more details still needed to be discussed. As for the head of the Azerbaijani delegation, he said that the negotiations could lead to an agreement with the Armenians of Karabakh, reports our regional correspondent, Régis Genté. Baku evokes discussions “ constructive “.
No agreement therefore but it is not surprising as there are important and sensitive subjects to discuss: disarmament of local defense forces, dissolution, demanded by Baku, of the political bodies of the secessionist entity, humanitarian aid, or Again security guarantees for the 120,000 Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, called to become citizens of Azerbaijan.
Each of the two delegations was made up of three men, led on the Karabakh side by MP David Melkoumian, and on the Azerbaijani side, by Ramin Mammadov, a native of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The latter was notably appointed by President Ilham Aliev to lead discussions last March on the subject of the reintegration of Nagorno-Karabakh within Azerbaijan. Discussions that had failed.
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