{"id":11170,"date":"2024-01-31T20:49:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T20:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/?p=11170"},"modified":"2024-07-27T20:57:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T20:57:35","slug":"roadblock-to-peace-the-geopolitical-quagmire-of-the-zangezur-corridor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/roadblock-to-peace-the-geopolitical-quagmire-of-the-zangezur-corridor\/","title":{"rendered":"Roadblock to peace: the geopolitical quagmire of the &#8220;Zangezur Corridor&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;3px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.17.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-25px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">This year marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 ceasefire agreement that put fighting between Armenian and Azerbaijani forces over the Soviet-era mainly ethnic Armenian Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) on hold \u2013 or at least until it escalated into war in 2016 and more devastatingly in 2020. Despite the involvement of international mediators, peace remained elusive despite occasional claims to the contrary. The sides were said to have gotten close, but never enough to prevent tens of thousands dying in over three decades of conflict.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">The terms of the 1994 ceasefire agreement, after all, were never implemented and despite hopes that the trilateral ceasefire statement signed by Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia in 2020 could have been different, the time since has proven that it mostly wasn&#8217;t. The situation on the ground is now diametrically reversed, of course, and especially since last year\u2019s exodus of Karabakh\u2019s ethnic Armenian population, but one thing has remained constant \u2013 the need to unblock regional economic and transport routes and particularly between Azerbaijan and its Nakhchivan exclave\u00ad.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">In October 1993, Chairman of the the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE)\u2019s Minsk Conference,\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"IT\" xml:lang=\"IT\">Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Mario Raffaelli<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">, had proposed\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">the restoration of the gas pipeline, the Ijevan-Gazakh railway, and then all other forms of communication. But as is the case now, stumbling blocks emerged. In particular, while Baku wanted restoration of the connection through Armenia to Nakhchivan\u00ad, Yerevan did not. By 1997, however, it was included as the \u201cBaku<\/span><span lang=\"IT\" xml:lang=\"IT\">\u00ad-Horadiz<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">\u2013Meghri\u2013Ordubad\u2013<\/span><span lang=\"IT\" xml:lang=\"IT\">Nakhichevan<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00ad-Yerevan route<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d in the OSCE-proposed \u201cpackage deal&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">and later as \u201cdirect and immediate land access for Azerbaijan and Nakhchivan\u201d in the OSCE Minsk Group Madrid Principles.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">Most recently, in the 2020 trilateral ceasefire statement, it was referred to as \u201cunhindered [\u2026] transport communication [between the] western regions of the Republic of\u00a0Azerbaijan and the\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\">Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d as part of unblocking all \u201ceconomic and transport links in the region [\u2026].\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u2026] <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But more than three years since the November trilateral ceasefire statement, it is high time that these issues are finally resolved, something the European Union and the United States hope for. Yes, this should be with the concerns and interests of the main stakeholders in mind, but also without the geopolitics that could see the unblocking of regional communications again remain on paper.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 19\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 19\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 20\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">The full opinion piece can be read online <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonspace.eu\/opinion\/opinion-roadblock-peace-geopolitical-quagmire-zangezur-corridor\">here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][dsm_text_divider header=&#8221;CONFLICT VOICES e-BOOKS&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;et_body_layout&#8221;][\/dsm_text_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_2,1_2&#8243; 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