The Russian president hosts the first post-war talks between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia

Russian President Vladimir Putin brought together the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday for the first time since the war that took place between the two countries last year in the Nagorno-Karabag region in an attempt to solve the problems threatening to undermine the agreement that ended the conflict..

An agreement on a ceasefire brokered by Russia in November stopped the six-week conflict between the Azerbaijani and Armenian forces over the mountain enclave and the surrounding area, which kept Azerbaijan’s gains on the ground..

However, tension continued with sporadic occurrences and continued detention of prisoners of war on both sides, and differences over how to create a new transportation corridor that crossed the region..

The region is internationally recognized as part of the territory of Azerbaijan, but the Armenians as well as the Azerbaijanis see it as part of their historical homeland, and the two sides fought a wider war in the nineties because of the region in which tens of thousands were killed..