Azerbaijan's Aliyev scolds Blinken over U.S. backing for Armenia

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev speaks during a military parade of his armed forces in Nagorno-Karabakh region's capital city, known as Khankendi by Azerbaijan and as Stepanakert by Armenians, Azerbaijan November 8, 2023. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a call on Monday that recent American actions in support of Armenia had jeopardised U.S.-Azerbaijani ties, Baku said on Tuesday.

The two countries had enjoyed relatively cordial relations until Azerbaijani forces recaptured the largely ethnic Armenian-populated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a lightning offensive in September.