Azerbaijani parliamentarians have confirmed that the security of Armenian residents of Karabakh will be ensured, writes Gary Cartwright, publisher and editor of EU Today, Trend reports.
In his article, he noted that a delegation of Azerbaijani parliament members recently visited Brussels. They took the opportunity to engage with journalists, discussing their country’s perspective on future relations with Armenia.
‘Tural Ganjaliyev, who chairs the EU-Azerbaijan Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, explained that despite the events of the past those Armenians who had settled in Karabakh were welcome to stay. The Azerbaijani government has launched a website for Armenians who had left Karabakh to register to return, however Armenia has blocked access to it,’ the author says.
Further, he referenced Vugar Bayramov, a member of Azerbaijan’s Parliamentary Committee for Economic Policy, Industries, and Enterprise. Bayramov expressed that resolving the long-standing frozen conflict in the region could bring signif
icant positive effects not just to the economies of Azerbaijan and Armenia but also to Georgia. The notion is that the three South Caucasus countries could potentially create a robust unified market.
‘Azerbaijan, Georgia and potentially Armenia form part of the Middle Corridor trade route which links Asia and Europe via the Caspian Sea, the South Caucasus and Trkiye.
Bayramov spoke of how an east-west transport route would benefit Armenia, both in terms of its own logistics and by helping to build a sustainable peace. That will need time, he acknowledged, but the normalisation process could be fast. He envisaged a future where Azerbaijan invested in Armenia, much as it currently does in Georgia and Trkiye,’ he noted.
Moreover, Gary Cartwright recounted his conversations with Azerbaijanis who had been displaced for more than 30 years due to the Armenian occupation. Their sole desire was to return home.
‘In my heart I felt that they were unlikely to ever return home. But now they are returning,’ he added.
Source: TREND News Agency
Russia launched a “wave” of drone attacks on Kyiv for the second night in a row, the capital’s military administration said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports.
‘The enemy’s UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) were launched by many groups and came to attack Kyiv in waves, from different directions, while constantly changing the vectors of movement along the route,’ Serhiy Popko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said in a statement on Telegram.
Popko said about a dozen Russian drones were hit by air defense forces in Kyiv and its outskirts, with no casualties or critical damage reported.
Ukraine’s air force claimed in a separate statement that 15 out of 20 Russian drones were shot down.
Meanwhile, Kyiv governor Ruslan Kravchenko said the attack damaged an infrastructure facility in one of the districts of the region.
‘According to preliminary information, there are no victims. The fire has been extinguished. All emergency services and operational teams are engaged and working to fix and eliminate th
e consequences of the attack,’ he added.
Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency