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Armenia-Azerbaijan, possible progress registered at Brussels meeting

May 18, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

On Sunday, 14 May, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev met in Brussels for renewed talks hosted by European Council President Charles Michel. It was the fifth such meeting organised by Michel and it marked a resumption of the Brussels Process. Last year, the talks to normalise relations between the two countries appeared to stall in early December, when Armenia advocated for the inclusion of French President Emmanuel Macron. Azerbaijan rejected the request and the talks did not take place.

U.S. Hosts Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers for Possible Roadmap to Peace Treaty

May 10, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, Nagorno Karabakh, United States

As talks between Yerevan and Baku continue, with a spate of meetings between the leaders scheduled in the near future, following last week’s bilateral negotiations between the two foreign ministers in the United States, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa has published another of my updates on the Armenia-Azerbaijan normalisation process.

Armenia-Azerbaijan, tensions rise as Baku establishes border control on Lachin Corridor

Apr 27, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, Nagorno Karabakh

A few days ago, Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa published my latest on the recent tensions on the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. However, some argue, they also represent the possibility that negotiations on Yerevan-Baku peace treaty might come to fruition. Most others disagree, of course, but the situation can perhaps be best described as unclear.

Georgian government withdraws controversial legislation amid protests

Mar 11, 2023 | Balcani Caucaso, European Union, Georgia

If there’s one thing Georgians have a habit of doing above all else it’s protesting – and last week was no exception. Public outrage at the passing of controversial legislation on ‘foreign agents’ saw thousands take to the streets outside the parliament building on Tbilisi’s main thoroughfare, Rustaveli Avenue.

Two-Year European Union Monitoring Mission Deployed in Armenia

Feb 28, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, European Union

A week after the deployment of the European Union Mission in Armenia (EUMA), a dedicated 100-person strong observation of the country’s border with Azerbaijan, there’s still much that remains unknown about its activities. However, in two pieces published this week by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR) and Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso, I’ve tried to summarise what we do know.

A tale of two meetings: More on Aliyev and Pashinyan at the Munich Security Conference

Feb 24, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, Nagorno Karabakh

Actually, not a tale, but rather two articles on last weekend’s meeting of the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations, led respectively by Nikol Pashinyan and Ilham Aliyev, and the return to the stage of the two leaders at the annual Munich Security Conference.

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.

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.

Sochi: The Summit of Uncertainty

Dec 9, 2021 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, Nagorno Karabakh

A trilateral meeting between the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Russia was held in Sochi on 26 November. Few details emerged from the meeting. For some it was a non-event, for others a step forward in diplomacy.

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