Armenia/Azerbaijan: Macron reiterated to Pashinyan his call for the respect of the ceasefire


PARIS, Sept 16 (Reuters) – Emmanuel Macron, who spoke on Friday by telephone with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian, reiterated his call for the respect of the ceasefire by Armenia and Azerbaijan, a informed the Elysée on Friday.

A ceasefire was concluded on Wednesday evening between Yerevan and Baku, after the deadly border clashes which opposed the forces of the two former Soviet republics of the Caucasus around the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh at the start of the week, the most violent since the fall 2020 war between the two countries.

(Report Elizabeth Pineau, written by Myriam Rivet, edited by Sophie Louet)










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