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Armenia's Foreign Ministry denounced what it described as a “provocation” by Azerbaijani troops who fired on Armenian forces across the border in the eastern Syunik region early Tuesday.
On 28 November 2023, the president of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan stated that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is over and Armenia should not prioritize the quick return of the recently displaced Karabakh Armenians to their homes in peace talks with Azerbaijan. Simonyan confirmed that "Armenia fully recognizes the territorial ...
Armenia has complained loudly that Russia's war in Ukraine has distracted it from what Moscow itself says is its role as the guarantor of security in the South Caucasus. (Reporting by Reuters ...
Over the following decades, independent Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh remained outside Azerbaijani control, heavily reliant on and closely integrated with Armenia, and in many ways functioning as a de facto part of Armenia. [12] [13] The situation drastically changed in 2020 during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War which resulted in an Azerbaijani ...
Prime Minister Pashinyan announces his government's intention to withdraw Armenia from the Collective Security Treaty Organization. [9] Dozens of demonstrators are injured in Yerevan after police fire stun grenades at an anti-government rally outside the National Assembly Building. [10] Armenia joins the Artemis Accords.
More than 70,000 people, including close to 20,000 children, have reportedly fled the Nagorno-Karabakh region in Asia to Armenia in response to what some have labeled "ethnic cleansing."
Southern Armenia (Syunik) is often referred to as "the backbone of Armenia" given that it connects Armenia both to Artsakh as well as to Iran. [129] With 80% of Armenia's borders being closed since Turkey and Azerbaijan's 30 year-long blockade, [130] the border with Iran comprises one of only two open international borders to Armenia. [129]
The mountainous region is part of Azerbaijan, but has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since a separatist war there ended in 1994. EXPLAINER: What's behind the ...