Armenia, Azerbaijan prepare for peace talks after flare-up in Nagorno-Karabakh region

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met Wednesday in Brussels for rare talks mediated by the European Council President Charles Michel.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, President of the European Council Charles Michel, and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, leave after an official picture before their meeting at the European Council in Brussels on April 6 2022, for EU-mediated talks amid renewed tensions over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The meeting came after a flare-up in Karabakh on March 25 that saw Azerbaijan capture a strategic village in the area under the Russian peacekeepers’ responsibility, killing three separatist troops.

During the meeting, the two leaders “ordered foreign ministers to begin preparatory work for peace talks between the two countries,” the foreign ministry in Yerevan said in a statement.

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