Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly in Armenia in 2018 in a former cabinet position. Her department's newly named Ambassador to Armenia has landed in Yerevan. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
As Armenia deals with a refugee influx triggered by a military shelling campaign of a breakaway region by rival Azerbaijan, Canada's first ambassador to the country has landed in Yerevan and received his credentials.Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly in Armenia in 2018 in a previous cabinet position. Her department's newly named ambassador to Armenia has landed in Yerevan.
It urged Azerbaijan to "ensure the rights and security of those Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians who remain and to promptly create conditions for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of those who wish to go home." Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev delivers a speech in Nagorno-Karabakh's capital city, known as Khankendi by Azerbaijan and as Stepanakert by Armenians, on October 15, 2023.
Azerbaijan has insisted it conducted an "anti-terror" operation and has said any Armenians who wish to live under its rule may return with full respect for their rights. "I do what I say and everyone knows it, including Armenia. And they should not forget it either," he said. Last month's fighting ended with local ethnic Armenian defence forces handing over their weapons to Azerbaijan and the de facto Armenian government of the region, unrecognized by any country, stating it would dissolve itself by the end of this year.While the Canadian government source is expressing the hope that Azerbaijan will sit down for negotiations, some are less optimistic.
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