Monopolized by Ukraine, Vladimir Putin nevertheless insists on reaffirming that he remains the master of a stability - in truth, very degraded - in the South Caucasus.
Hence this three-party summit, and in three stages, which was held Monday in Sochi, where the Russian president spends a good part of his time.
He first met one-on-one for two hours with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian.
Then he received the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, before meeting with his two interlocutors whose armies clash sporadically - the last altercation dates from a month ago - with extreme violence, two years after a war murderous in the fall of 2020 for the control of Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave populated by Armenians in Azerbaijani territory.
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Since last summer, the United States, the European Union and France have revived their diplomatic efforts, much to the chagrin of the master of the Kremlin.
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