Azerbaijan-Armenia peace plan hinges on narrow strip of land along Iran border

The Price of Westernization in Armenia

What is going on in Armenia? It is a question Armenians themselves have asked over the course of the past year, which saw the government of Nikol Pashinyan arrest two bishops of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and accuse that body’s head bishop, or catholicos, of adultery while attempting to unseat him. Most significantly, on August 8, Armenia signed an initial “peace agreement” with arch-nemesis Azerbaijan in a ceremony presided over by US Presi…

Azerbaijan-Armenia peace plan hinges on small strip of land

President Trump has claimed to have solved eight conflicts since he began his second term. One of those is between Azerbaijan and Armenia, rivals since the collapse of the USSR, whose leaders met with Trump in the Oval Office this summer. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and producer Katia Patin travelled to the Armenian border with Iran to assess whether that agreement could lead to peace.

Azerbaijan-Armenia peace plan hinges on narrow strip of land along Iran border

President Trump has claimed to have solved eight conflicts since he began his second term. One of those is between Azerbaijan and Armenia, rivals since the collapse of the USSR, whose leaders met with Trump in the Oval Office this summer. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky and producer Katia Patin travelled to the Armenian border with Iran to assess whether that agreement could lead to peace.