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Azerbaijan Pushes Return Rights; Armenia Denies Settlement, Election Misses Supermajority

6/22/2026

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Deputy parliamentary speaker Ziyafat Asgarov said Western Azerbaijanis have a legal right to return to present-day Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan rejected the claim that 300,000 Azerbaijanis will be settled in Armenia, calling it fabricated.
Education Minister Emin Amrulayev called the Western Azerbaijan issue a strategic priority for Baku.
Civil Contract party won the June 7 elections but missed the two-third parliamentary majority needed for the new constitution Azerbaijan wants.

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Deputy parliamentary speaker Ziyafat Asgarov said Western Azerbaijanis have a legal right to return to present-day Armenia.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan rejected the claim that 300,000 Azerbaijanis will be settled in Armenia, calling it fabricated.
Education Minister Emin Amrulayev called the Western Azerbaijan issue a strategic priority for Baku.
Civil Contract party won the June 7 elections but missed the two-third parliamentary majority needed for the new constitution Azerbaijan wants.