Speculation on Khojaly: What is Azerbaijan trying to achieve?
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Khojaly is landlocked between the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), Stepanakert and the city of Askeran.
In the course of the policy pursued by the head of the Central Committee of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (AzSSR), then president Heydar Aliyev deprived the native Armenian population of Khojaly.
He did this by populating the NKR with Azerbaijanis and Meskhetian Turks.
As a result of this policy, by the end of the 1980s, the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh faced a precipitous decline in population.
Since the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, residential districts of Stepanakert had been subjected to constant rocket and artillery attacks from neighbouring Azerbaijani-populated localities, including Khojaly.
US ready to continue its role in resolving Karabakh conflict - Armenian PMâs office
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan appreciated the US Governmentâs continued support to Armenia and the role played by the United States within the OSCE Minsk Group
YEREVAN, March 6. /TASS/. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan that Washington would continue its efforts to help resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Pashinyan’s office said on Friday.
The prime minister’s office said in a statement that the sides touched upon the post-war situation and emphasized the necessity to restore the peace process within the OSCE Minsk Group format.
Azerbaijani top diplomat discusses situation in Karabakh with international mediators
On February 16, a meeting was held in a video format of Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov with co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
BAKU, February 16. /TASS/. Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov discussed with co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group the implementation of trilateral agreements on Nagorno-Karabakh on Tuesday, the press service of Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry reported. On February 16, a meeting was held in a video format of Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov with co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group Igor Popov (Russia), Stephane Visconti (France), Andrew Schofer (the US) and personal representative of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office Andrzej Kasprzyk. The sides discussed the current situation in the region, including issues related to the implementation of the trilateral agreements of November 10 (November 9 Moscow time), 2020, and January, 11, 2021, the statement said.