Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev on November 25 canceled a planned meeting with arch-foe Armenia's prime minister, whom he said had demanded the mediation of French President Emmanuel Macron. Azerbaijan accuses France of backing Armenia in its decades-long conflict over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev said he would not be meeting with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian in Brussels on December 7 because the Armenian leader demanded Macron attend the talks. There was no immediate reaction from Armenia. To read the original story from AFP, click here.
Azerbaijan Says No Armenia Peace Talks If Macron Attends
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian (right) meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Djerba, Tunisia, on November 19.