As Azerbaijan and Armenia Reset Relations, Baku Looks to the Middle East - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

As Azerbaijan and Armenia Reset Relations, Baku Looks to the Middle East - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

By Nicholas Castillo Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s recent interview, in which he described the Bolshevik takeover of Azerbaijan in 1920 as a “Russian occupation,” has garnered much attention as relations with Moscow further deteriorate. Yet, less noted in coverage of the interview has been the outlet with which Aliyev spoke — Saudi Arabia’s Al Arabiya television station. The high profile interview, over an hour in length, was Aliyev’s fir…