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Added on the 24/11/2020 10:11:07 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Houses are seen burning in the town of Lachin (Berdzor in Armenian), as Armenia is to hand back the district to Azerbaijan Tuesday as part of a peace deal that ended six weeks of fighting over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. IMAGES
On the side of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, a few Armenian soldiers set up a border checkpoint beside the village of Charektar (Kelbajar district), abandoned by Armenian civilians. Here, the road to Kelbajar district is blocked by a first-line checkpoint. For civilians the road to Kelbajar district is closed by a second checkpoint on the border of the village of Getavan (Martakert district). IMAGES
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi ahead of trilateral talks with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev a month after the worst clashes between the two countries since their war in 2020. Moscow is seeking to reassert its role as a key powerbroker between the Caucasus arch-foes amid the growing Western engagement in the region, where Russia -- distracted by its war in Ukraine -- is visibly losing influence after decades of domination. IMAGES
A video published by the Armenian Ministry of Defence allegedly shows an Azerbaijani military vehicle being destroyed by Armenian forces. Armenia reported deaths and the loss of military positions in border clashes with Azerbaijani troops, a year after the arch-foes fought a war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. IMAGES
Azerbaijan's army parades military hardware and weapons seized from Armenia during the six-week war in Nagorno Karabakh. Baku is holding nationwide celebrations marking its military victory against Armenia in their conflict for control of the disputed territory. IMAGES