Azerbaijan announced, on Friday, that it had canceled a peace talks session that was scheduled to take place in Brussels with Armenia because Yerevan insists on the participation of French President Emmanuel Macron.
Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan have been strained for more than 30 years due to regional conflicts that led to two wars and heavy humanitarian losses, with tens of thousands of people killed. Baku accuses Paris of siding with Armenia.
Peace talks began several months ago between Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who were supposed to meet on December 7 in Brussels.
On Friday, Aliyev said during an international conference in Baku that Pashinyan "agreed to this meeting, provided that French President Macron is present."
When asked Friday about Aliyev's cancellation of the scheduled meeting in Brussels, the Kremlin spokesman confirmed Russia's readiness to host the talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
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