France Urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to Sign Stalled Peace Deal

France urges Armenia, Azerbaijan to sign stalled peace deal

France on Monday called on Azerbaijan and Armenia to "quickly" sign a finalised peace treaty, after efforts to hammer out an agreement between the two arch-foes appeared to stall. The two Caucasus neighbours had for decades fought for control of the Karabakh region, a mountainous area of Azerbaijan that Baku recaptured from ethnic Armenian separatists in 2023. Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on the text of a peace deal in March, but Baku has since…

Baku Adamant Despite Pashinyan's Fresh Appeal - The Armenian Mirror-Spectator

YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Monday, May 26, continued to call on Azerbaijan to drop its preconditions for signing a peace treaty with Armenia finalized by the two sides in March.  Baku was quick to dismiss Pashinyan’s appeal made during the Yerevan International Dialogue forum in Yerevan. And it again referred to much of modern-day Armenia as “historical Azerbaijani lands.”  In a lengthy speech delivered during the co…

How do we measure success?

This is a question that consumes thoughtful minds in the diaspora. Sociologists often regard dispersed peoples as living on borrowed time. Of course, there are diasporas with a homeland, like Jews, and some that are stateless, like Kurds—who have managed to carve out semi-autonomous regions within sovereign states. Armenians have fallen in the former category since 1918; however, for 70 years during that period, Armenia was a captive nation unde…

Pashinyan tells Yerevan Dialogue lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is within reach

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan told the Yerevan Dialogue that “sustainable and lasting peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan is not only possible, but within reach” as he delivered an update on the current status of peace talks to participants of the 2nd annual forum on Monday. Negotiations over a draft agreement were completed in March, and Armenia and Azerbaijan indicated their willingness to sign it.

An Armenian-Azeri peace deal is needed to stabilise the South Caucasus

Protest participants and police officers at the House of the Government of Armenia on Republic Square (via Alamy/ 2RWY2NX)One of the side-shows marginalised by the Ukraine war was the short, sharp invasion whereby Azerbaijan successfully reoccupied the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in September 2023, resulting in 120,000 ethnic Armenians fleeing to their mother country. For Azerbaijan, it was an easy victory that gained the Aliyev regime in Baku g…

Diversifying Armenia's defence: Shifting alliances and military modernisation - European Security & Defence

Armenia’s defeat in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, followed by Azerbaijani offensives on Armenian territory and Nagorno-Karabakh in 2022 and 2023, marked a turning point in the country's defence strategy. These conflicts exposed critical weaknesses in the Armenian army, which remained largely reliant on outdated Soviet and Russian weaponry. This dependence on Russian arms and logistical support proved inadequate in the face of modern warfare tac…