Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations fail between Azerbaijan and Armenia in Washington

Hopes of finding a diplomatic solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict are fading, after the failure of a new round of negotiations on Friday in Washington between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers.

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The hope of finding a diplomatic solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is dwindling after the failure of a new round of negotiations this Friday, October 23 in Washington.

A disappointment for all those who wait for diplomacy to take over arms.

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With our correspondent in Mingachevir

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The talks between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, under the leadership of the US secretary of state, were in fact little separate talks between each belligerent and Mike Pompeo.

It is therefore clearly a step back from the previous diplomatic contact on October 10, when the two ministers spent more than ten hours together in the office of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Just after their meeting with Mike Pompeo on Friday evening, Azerbaijani diplomatic adviser Eltchin Amirbeyov explained that trust is now almost zero between the two countries, in particular because of the failure of the two ceasefires.

Eltchin Amirbeyov says Baku is always ready for negotiations, but only on political settlement.

For him, the door is still open to autonomy for

, but only after the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Armenian forces.

In other words, a complete surrender of Yerevan which would be politically suicidal for the Prime Minister,

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