Azerbaijan’s ruling party set to retain parliamentary majority in snap election

Azerbaijan’s ruling party set to retain parliamentary majority in snap election

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

BAKU, Sept 2 – Azerbaijan’s ruling party was set to retain its majority in Sunday’s snap parliamentary election, election officials said, in the country’s first vote since staging a lightning offensive a year ago to recapture the breakaway territory of Karabakh. President Ilham Aliyev’s party was on course to win 67 out of 125 seats…

Putin offers to mediate Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal on trip to Baku

Putin offers to mediate Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal on trip to Baku

ByFarhan Hameed Qaiser

The Russian leader’s two-day state visit marks a shift in alliances in the politically unstable Caucasus region. Russian President Vladimir Putin says on a visit to Baku that Moscow is still committed to its historical role of mediating peace negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia despite its war in Ukraine. Putin was in Azerbaijan on a…