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Almost two years after winning the second Nagorno-Karabakh war (a region inhabited by Armenians that it lost control of in 1994), Azerbaijan attacked Armenia again in mid-September. This time on the international border of these two Caucasian republics, no longer around the separatist region. The result: more than 210 victims on the Armenian side, 80 on the Azerbaijani side. And yet, at the same time, since the first Nagorno-Karabakh war (1988-1994, the Armenian side won), we have never seemed so close to a real peace agreement.
• Why this Azerbaijani attack on Armenian territory on September 13 and 14?
The deadly attack of September 13 and 14 cannot be understood without the 44-day war of autumn 2020, which was won by Azerbaijan, and the ongoing peace negotiations under the auspices of the EU. The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, who accepted certain compromises two years ago with the mediation of Vladimir Putin, for example, refusing to take Nagorno Karabakh by military means…
Source: Le Figaro
