U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken phoned Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday following Baku’s vehement objections to his and a top European Union official’s upcoming meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
A former Nagorno-Karabakh official who did not flee the region right after its recapture by Azerbaijan has been arrested on espionage charges after unexpectedly arriving in Armenia late last week.
Georgia is ready to help Armenia and Azerbaijan negotiate a peace treaty, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said during an official visit to Yerevan on Monday.