Armenia Archives - Page 6 of 41 - Onnik James Krikorian - Journalist, Photojournalist, Consultant

A South Caucasus regional approach has big potential

Oct 23, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Commonspace, Georgia, Nagorno Karabakh

On 8 October, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev traveled to Tbilisi to meet with his Georgian counterpart, Irakli Garibashvili. The unannounced meeting concerned regional projects such as a new Black Sea port in Anaklia and the Middle Corridor that will stretch from China to Europe via Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Both leaders expressed a desire to bring peace to their shared but troubled region while Aliyev surprised many by offering to “immediately” launch talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Georgia.

Baku and Saakashvili Respond to Pashinyan’s European Parliament Address

Oct 18, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caspian Post, Nagorno Karabakh

On 17 October, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg. He was the first Armenian leader to do so. From the region, only then Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili had done so in 2010. The invitation stemmed from last month’s blitzkrieg operation in Karabakh.

Azerbaijan Invites Armenia for Talks in Georgia While Yerevan Remains Non-Committal

Oct 11, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caspian Post, Georgia, Nagorno Karabakh

The suggestion followed Aliyev cancelling a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, European Council President Charles Michel, French President Emmanuel Macron, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the European Political Community summit in Granada, Spain, on 5 October.

The importance of reciprocity and interdependence in Armenia-Azerbaijan relations

Oct 10, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Commonspace, Russia, Turkey

The idea was to create a win-win situation where Azerbaijan would not only connect to Nakhchivan but Armenia could potentially join the Middle Corridor transportation link from China to Europe via Central Asia and the South Caucasus, ending its semi-isolation and exclusion from regional energy and transportation projects.

Hopes Dashed for Armenia-Azerbaijan Meeting in Granada

Oct 9, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

Following Azerbaijan’s 19 September military offensive that led to the dissolution of the breakaway but unrecognised mainly ethnic Armenian-inhabited entity of Nagorno Karabakh, there had been hopes Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev would meet again at the European Political Community summit in Granada, Spain. However, on the eve of the 5 October talks, Aliyev pulled out, citing the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron in the multilateral meeting that also included German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and European Council President Charles Michel.

Nagorno Karabakh, dissolution and new challenges ahead

Oct 5, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, Nagorno Karabakh

Last week, on 28 September, Samvel Shahramanyan, the de facto head of the self-declared and unrecognised Nagorno Karabakh Republic, signed a decree on the dissolution of the separatist entity. Inhabited mainly by ethnic Armenians but situated within Azerbaijan, what remains of the former Soviet-era Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) will cease to exist by the end of the year.

Azerbaijani Authorities Detain Former Karabakh De Facto Leaders Amid Ongoing Tensions

Oct 4, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caspian Post, Nagorno Karabakh

On 3 October, media reported that Arkhady Ghukasyan, Bako Sahakyan, and Arayik Harutyunyan had been apprehended and transferred from Karabakh to Baku, where they face multiple charges stemming from crimes allegedly committed under their de facto leadership of the small separatist region situated within Azerbaijan.

Is this how Karabakh was meant to end?

Oct 1, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Commonspace, Nagorno Karabakh

By a decree of its de-facto leader, Samvel Sharamanyan, the self-declared and internationally unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) was dissolved and will cease to exist by the end of 2023. NKR was declared by the Karabakh Armenians in 1991 to replace the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, which was established by the Soviets in 1923. Thus, the dissolution of NKR ends a hundred years during which Nagorno-Karabakh had its own political status and identity.

Nagorno Karabakh’s Demise: A Long-Predicted End to a Bitter Dispute

Sep 28, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caspian Post, Nagorno Karabakh

Some might argue that the writing was on the wall even in 1998 when Armenia’s first president, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, was forced to resign by then Prime Minister Robert Kocharyan, former Defence Minister Vazgen Sargsyan, and Interior Minister Serzh Sargsyan, with the full support of then de facto Karabakh leader Arkhady Ghukasyan. Ter-Petrosyan warned what would happen next if proposals from the now defunct OSCE Minsk Group were not accepted, but few listened.

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