After Azerbaijan’s independence, the Victory Day is always marked in Azerbaijan more formally than in Russia for two reasons: the day coincided with the capture of Shusha city, the Azerbaijani capital of Karabakh in mid 18th, by the Armenians in 1992, and also due to unwillingness to irritate the West, which has its own views on military history. Colder attitude to the Victory Day was motivated this year by cold relations between official Baku...
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- 10 May 2013 18:18
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In a significant diplomatic move, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan embarked on an official visit to Armenia, marking a pivotal moment in the relationship between the two nations. The meeting between President Tokayev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resulted in the signing of a joint statement aimed at fostering cooperation and easing tensions that had simmered between the two countries.
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