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Meeting between Armenia and Azerbaijan: little progress for Nagorno Karabakh

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

In early June in Chisinau, Moldova, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that the Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, would meet again in Arlington, Virginia, on June 12. However, the meeting facilitated by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken only took place on June 27. Baku had requested a postponement the week before due to the visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, fresh from re-election, scheduled for June 12-13.

Armenia and Azerbaijan, new talks in Moscow, Chişinău, and Ankara

Jun 7, 2023 | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Balcani Caucaso, European Union, Nagorno Karabakh

Following last month’s meeting in Brussels between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev hosted by European Council President Charles Michel, talks between Yerevan and Baku continue to intensify. Not to be outdone by the flurry of activity from the United States and the European Union, Russian President Putin also hosted the two leaders at the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council meeting in Moscow on 25 May.

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.

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