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Azeris hoping for peace after election

A women casts her vote in Azerbaijan.
A women casts her vote in Azerbaijan. Copyright  Sergei Grits/Copiright 2024 The AP.
Copyright Sergei Grits/Copiright 2024 The AP.
By Anna Ghudushauri
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The current president Ilham Aliyev is widely expected to win another term after taking over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh enclave.

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Euronews correspondent Anna Ghudushauri spoke to people in Azerbaijan ahead of an election almost certain to give incumbent President Ilham Aliyev another seven years in power. 

The 62-year-old is riding on a wave of public support, following his government’s swift reclaiming of a region formerly controlled by ethnic Armenian separatists.

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