
The Azerbaijani ruling party has nominated Ilham Aliyev for the presidential election.
After he appointed his wife as first vice president, many experts thought she would be nominated in the next presidential election. This was thought to help address several issues, including change in the rhetoric on the Karabakh settlement and preparing one’s own public for compromise.
Has this option been discussed? It is hard to tell. It is possible that Mehriban Aliyeva did not perform well as vice president. He...
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