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[ad_1] CNN  —  Azerbaijan’s tennis federation has called for Karen Khachanov to be sanctioned after the Russian player expressed support for the Armenian-majority population living in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region at the Australian Open. Khachanov, who has Armenian heritage, has written “Artsakh stay strong” on TV cameras after matches in Melbourne. Artsakh is the Armenian term for the breakaway state of Nagorno-Karabakh, an ethnic Armenian-majority region located in Azerbaijani territory that has been the focus of decades of conflict . Armenian forces took control of large swathes of territory in and around Nagorno-Karabakh in the early 1990s; fighting then flared intermittently until 2020, when Azerbaijan seized control over large parts of those territories during a bloody, six-week war. “I have Armenian roots,” Khachanov told reporters after his quarterf...

[ad_1] Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan condemned the attack on the employees of AZTV, the official state television of Azerbaijan, in France. In a tweet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan stated, "We strongly condemn the attack on Azerbaijani journalists of AzTV in France." "We expect that this heinous attack against journalists will be investigated by French law enforcement agencies in a short period of time, criminals will be identified and punished," the ministry said. AzTV employees were attacked while filming in France. As a result, the correspondent and the operator of the TV sustained minor injuries. The crew of the state television AzTV in France was attacked, the press service of "Azerbaijani Television and Radio Broadcasting" CISC said in a statement. According to Azerbaijani Television and Radio Broadcasting, journalist Kamil Balakishiyev and cameraman Ogtay Gasymov were attacked the previous day in Nanterre whe...

[ad_1] Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan condemned the attack on the employees of AZTV, the official state television of Azerbaijan, in France. In a tweet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan stated, "We strongly condemn the attack on Azerbaijani journalists of AzTV in France." "We expect that this heinous attack against journalists will be investigated by French law enforcement agencies in a short period of time, criminals will be identified and punished," the ministry said. AzTV employees were attacked while filming in France. As a result, the correspondent and the operator of the TV sustained minor injuries. The crew of the state television AzTV in France was attacked, the press service of "Azerbaijani Television and Radio Broadcasting" CISC said in a statement. According to Azerbaijani Television and Radio Broadcasting, journalist Kamil Balakishiyev and cameraman Ogtay Gasymov were attacked the previous day in Nanterre whe...