Armenia Archives - Page 12 of 43 - Onnik James Krikorian - Journalist, Photojournalist, Consultant

Armenian Foreign Minister Visits Turkiye After Earthquake, Rekindles Hopes for Normalisation

Feb 18, 2023 | Armenia, Armenia-Turkey, Caspian Post, Turkey

The Caspian Post last week published my first piece on what can be hoped are real and genuine efforts to accelerate the latest efforts to normalise relations between Yerevan and Ankara following the recent and devastating earthquake in Turkey. During the last attempt to establish diplomatic relations in the late 2000s I covered that process extensively, including working with the BBC, Al Jazeera English, and The Wall Street Journal on various stories. Looks like I’ll now be doing the same throughout 2023.

Armenia-Turkey Border opens for Humanitarian Assistance to Earthquake-Hit Adiyaman

Feb 11, 2023 | Armenia, Armenia-Turkey, Nagorno Karabakh, Turkey

In what could possibly prove to be a milestone in relations between the Republics of Armenia and Turkey, Yerevan today sent five trucks carrying 100 tons of humanitarian assistance to its neighbour following last week’s devastating earthquake. The aid was destined for the southeastern Turkish city of Adiyaman.

At time of writing, the number of fatalities from the tragedy, which reached a magnitude of 7.8, has already surpassed 21,000 with over 80,000 injured. A state of emergency in Turkey has been declared.

Toivo Klaar: Georgia an important bridge between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Feb 8, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Georgia, Nagorno Karabakh

In an interview with the Georgian Public Broadcaster, the European Union’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Toivo Klaar, has stressed the importance of Tbilisi’s role in bridging the divide between its immediate regional neighbours, Armenia and Azerbaijan. This is highly welcomed and not least because some of us have long argued for the emergence of some kind of “Tbilisi Process” given that it would be both logical and practical.

Declassified US Documents summarised on 25th Anniversary of Ter-Petrosyan Resignation

Feb 4, 2023 | Armenia, Nagorno Karabakh

To mark the 25th anniversary of the resignation of Armenia’s first president, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty’s Yerevan Bureau on 3 February published a summary of a batch of declassified documents relating to attempts in 1997 to end the conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno Karabakh.

Expectations, Hopes, and Fears accompany new European Union Mission in Armenia

Feb 1, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh, Russia

The International Crisis Group (ICG) has published a report on the potential role of the new European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) once it is deployed to patrol the country’s sometimes volatile border with Azerbaijan later this month. The mission, a dedicated deployment, is more on par with the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in neighbouring Georgia than the temporary and much shorter-term European Union Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) that ended on 19 December last year.

European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) to contribute to normalising relations with Azerbaijan

Jan 25, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

Despite Baku’s concerns with this week’s decision to deploy a dedicated two-year European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA), and with political tensions still heightened over the continuing impasse on the strategic Lachin Corridor, there could be some hope on the not too distant horizon. Possibly.

European Union Establishes Longer-Term Monitoring Mission in Armenia

Jan 25, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso has today published my piece on the new European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA), a longer-term monitoring mission that will take over from the European Union Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) on the country’s border with Azerbaijan that ended its two-month deployment late last month.

Corridors, Highways, and Revisiting Key West

Jan 22, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh, United States

Eurasianet last week published a piece on what we anyway knew were long-standing disagreements over the construction of a new highway that would connect Azerbaijan with Nakhichevan via Armenia as dictated by the November 2020 trilateral ceasefire statement. It also quoted an anonymous government official as saying that Baku expected a dedicated road in much the same way that the Lachin Corridor passes through Azerbaijan.

Final confirmation of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA) expected on 23 January

Jan 17, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

As had been expected, a final decision on the deployment of a larger and longer-term Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) civilian monitor mission to Armenia will be made by the European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) on Monday, 23 January. This follows a preliminary decision already taken by the Political and EU Security Committee (PSC).

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