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Talks between Azerbaijani officials and the ethnic Armenian community in Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave that Azerbaijan recently seized from Armenia in a brief war in 2020, are “encouraging news,” the European Union’s special representative for the South Caucasus told Radio Free Europe recently. Even so, five people...

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The World Briefly

February 24, 2023

The Road to Peace

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The United Nation’s top court ordered the Azerbaijani government this week to remove its roadblock from the only route linking Armenia and the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan that has raised tensions between the neighboring countries, Al Jazeera reported. The case relates to the Lachin Corridor,...

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The World Briefly

September 14, 2022

Bubbling Over

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Clashes erupted along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday, raising fears that the latest outbreak of hostilities could ignite another war between the neighboring south Caucasus countries, Sky News reported. Armenian officials said at least 49 of its soldiers were killed during the skirmishes,...

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The World Briefly

May 25, 2022

Of Peace and Claims

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Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to set up a border commission this week, a move aimed at ending a decades-long dispute over the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, Al Jazeera reported Tuesday. The move followed a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham...

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The World Briefly

May 06, 2022

No Winners

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Armenian authorities arrested dozens of protesters this week amid daily protests of thousands against a planned peace agreement with neighboring Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Radio Free Europe reported Thursday. Anti-government protests have been taking place since last month after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian...

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Need to Know

March 22, 2022

A Caucasian Puzzle

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Armenian President Armen Sarkissian recently resigned from office because he felt that he possessed too little power. "The president does not have the necessary tools to influence the radical processes of domestic and foreign policy in these difficult times for the country…," Sarkissian said, according...

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The World Briefly

March 04, 2022

Ceremonial Duties

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Armenian lawmakers elected former minister of high-technology industry, Vanagh Khachatrian, as the country’s new president, following the resignation of his predecessor over the lack of power in the presidency, Radio Free Europe reported Thursday. Khachatrian won 71 votes in the second round of balloting and is...

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