Germany hosts peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan


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  • Wednesday, 28 Feb 2024

FILE PHOTO: Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock looks on during a stake out at the Human Rights Council at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland, February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is hosting two days of peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia five months after Azerbaijan recaptured its Karabakh region from its ethnic Armenian majority, prompting a mass exodus of ethnic Armenians.

Azerbaijan has been increasingly hostile to outside involvement in brokering an agreement, with President Ilham Aliyev accusing the United States of jeopardising relations by siding with Armenia.

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