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EU Monitoring Capacity deploys on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border

Nov 15, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, European Union, Georgia, Nagorno Karabakh

The European Union has deployed around 40 unarmed civilian monitors on the Armenian side of the border with Azerbaijan following serious military escalation on 12-13 September, that saw the latter strike and capture territory within the former, leaving nearly 300 dead on both sides. Though requested in September by Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, the decision to deploy the monitors came on 6 October at the meeting in Prague between Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, European Council President Charles Michel, and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers Meet in Washington D.C. for Bilateral Talks – and also with U.S. Secretary of State Blinken

Nov 8, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh, United States

For many, the significance of yesterday’s bilateral meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, appears to have been overlooked. Instead, all attention was focused on the later meeting of the two state officials with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Though important, the preparation of a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan has actually been assigned to the Foreign Ministers in a bilateral format and not to one with the direct involvement of any external actors.

EU Monitoring Capacity (EUMCAP) starts patrolling the Armenian Border with Azerbaijan

Oct 27, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

Following the arrival of a technical assessment team to Armenia, a monitoring mission from the European Union today started patrolling the country’s border with Azerbaijan. The decision to deploy the 40 or so civilian monitors has been widely welcomed and applauded but it is important to realise what it is and what it isn’t. To begin with, or for now at least, it is not an indefinite presence in Armenia with a fixed term of just two months. That might seem short to many, but it’s also important to realise why.

OSCE sends Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) to Armenia – With More Questions than Answers

Oct 21, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh

Following the European Union’s announcement that it would send a 40-person civilian monitoring mission to the Armenian border with Azerbaijan for a maximum of two months, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan later surprised many by announcing that Yerevan was also discussing the deployment of observers from the Organisation for Security and Cooperation and Europe (OSCE). This declaration was made on 18 October during a press conference held in Yerevan alongside his Norwegian counterpart, Anniken Huitfeldt.

EUMM Georgia to temporarily deploy on Armenia-Azerbaijan Border

Oct 17, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Georgia, Nagorno Karabakh

The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia is to temporarily deploy 40 of its civilian observers to the Armenia-Azerbaijan border for a maximum period of two months. The decision came during the 6 October meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, French President Emmanuel Macron, and European Council Charles Michel in Prague.

Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace in Sight or a Battle of the Peace Proposals?

Oct 12, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh, Russia, Turkey

Depending on who you ask, Armenia and Azerbaijan are either moving closer towards signing a long overdue peace deal or Yerevan is under duress from Baku to capitulate further following its defeat in 2020. Both can be true, of course, but the reality is that there is only a limited window of opportunity available to reach such a negotiated settlement. Following the recent fighting on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border, it seems the international community understands that only too well.

Details of 27 September Armenia-Azerbaijan talks in Washington D.C. allegedly leaked

Oct 10, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno Karabakh, United States

Earlier today, Armenian media reported that a pro-Russian Telegram channel had uploaded what it claims to be the text of what was agreed by Armenian Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan and Azerbaijani Presidential Advisor Hikmet Hajiyev on 27 September in Washington D.C. when they met with U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.

Tensions in Karabakh and Talks in Brussels

Sep 5, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, European Union, Lachin Corridor, Nagorno Karabakh

On 3 August, 2022, following the death of an Azerbaijani conscript in clashes with local Armenian forces, Baku launched military operations in Karabakh on a scale not seen since the November 2020 ceasefire statement. Two Armenian soldiers were killed and 19 wounded in multiple Azerbaijani mortar and drone attacks while key strategic heights overlooking Karabakh were also captured. Days earlier, an Armenian soldier had been injured in the escalation that led up to the clashes.

Karabakh Armenians and Azerbaijan Talk Water

Aug 29, 2022 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Environment, Nagorno Karabakh

On 22 August, representatives of the Azerbaijan Reclamation and Water Management OJSC visited the Sarsang Reservoir located in the Aghdara/Mardakert region of that part of the former Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) now under the control of Russian peacekeepers. Constructed in 1976, the Sarsang Reservoir has a capacity of 560 million cubic meters and was used to irrigate 96,000 hectares of arable land in Barda, Terter, Agdam, Agjabedi, Yevlakh and Goranboy.

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