{"id":5591,"date":"2022-02-02T13:25:24","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/?p=5591"},"modified":"2023-02-25T14:18:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T14:18:04","slug":"back-on-track-armenia-azerbaijan-track-ii-diplomacy-in-tbilisi-georgia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/back-on-track-armenia-azerbaijan-track-ii-diplomacy-in-tbilisi-georgia\/","title":{"rendered":"Back on Track: Armenia-Azerbaijan Track II Diplomacy in Tbilisi, Georgia"},"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;post_content&#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;post_content&#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;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;-25px||||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Caucasus Edition Symposium, Tbilisi, Georgia \u00a9 <span>Onnik James Krikorian 2022<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><span style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>UPDATE, 8 May 2022:<\/strong> Caucasus Edition has since posted its summary of the event and\u00a0what was discussed on their website <a href=\"https:\/\/caucasusedition.net\/the-future-of-armenia-azerbaijan-relations-symposium\/\">here<\/a>.<br \/><\/span><\/em>\u2014<br \/><em><span style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\">Though there have been many online Zoom discussions between Armenian and Azerbaijan activists, analysts and academics during and especially since the 2020 Karabakh War, there have been precious few actual in-person meetings. In part, this has been because of pandemic travel restrictions, but not only. For example, one meeting of Armenian and Azerbaijani analysts due to be held late last year was postponed because of the November border skirmishes and has still yet to be held. If it will at all, of course.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 15px; text-align: left;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"module-message__container-outer\">\n<div class=\"module-message__container module-message__container--incoming module-message__container--with-reactions\">\n<div dir=\"auto\" class=\"module-message__text module-message__text--incoming\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Unfortunately, even when such events have been held, there has been little publicity or awareness surrounding them. This, in my opinion, is a fundamental mistake just as it always was before the war. If we&#8217;re at the stage of talking about Armenia-Azerbaijan and Armenia-Turkey normalisation, then Track II meetings of Armenian and Azerbaijani civil society should be normalised in the minds of both publics. Of course, there are exceptions to this unfortunate habit of holding everything behind a shroud of secrecy.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad Alili, the Director of the Baku-Based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpac.az\">Caucasus Policy Analysis Center<\/a> (CPAC), for example, has been one. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<center><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><pee lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Armenian and Azerbaijani experts discuss the role of CBMs in support of lasting peace in the SC in Kachreti, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Georgia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Georgia<\/a>. The workshop organised by LINKS Europe in association with the CPESS (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Armenia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Armenia<\/a>) and CPAC (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Azerbaijan?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Azerbaijan<\/a>), with the support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EU<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GfjDEIXQOY\">https:\/\/t.co\/GfjDEIXQOY<\/a><\/pee>\u2014 Ahmad Alili (@AhmadAlili) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AhmadAlili\/status\/1443590282461650958?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/center>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s for that reason that it was encouraging and refreshing to discover that <a href=\"https:\/\/caucasusedition.net\">Caucasus Edition<\/a> held a one day symposium, <em>The Future of Armenia-Azerbaijan Relations<\/em>\u00a0in Tbilisi, Georgia, on the 17th January. Some 50 Armenian and Azerbaijani as well as international professionals and activists involved in cross-border cooperation and conflict-resolution initiatives to date were invited to the event.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s still a long way to go, of course, and until such events can be held in Armenia and Azerbaijan, rather than third countries such as Georgia, and\u00a0with the participation of all, it is admittedly hardly ideal. There also remains the need to make such events more inclusive and open to others, but they nonetheless remain desperately necessary. On that, one good sign \u2013 the US Embassy in Baku has already announced that grants are <a href=\"https:\/\/az.usembassy.gov\/notice-of-funding-opportunity\/\">now available for just that<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, there can now also be a proper focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/alternative-and-counter-narratives-in-the-nagorno-karabakh-conflict\/\">alternative narratives<\/a> as well as on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/some-thoughts-on-media-and-conflict-discourse\/\">media and social media<\/a>, something that I know the International Crisis Group&#8217;s Zaur Shiriyev also believes is necessary too. Anyway,\u00a0Caucasus Edition will likely publish something on what was discussed later so I will leave that to them. For now, a few photos from the event.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_6832.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Nigar Goksel, International Crisis Group, Caucasus Edition Symposium, Tbilisi, Georgia \u00a9 Onnik James Krikorian 2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/onnik-krikorian.com\/new_site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC_6855.jpg&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; 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