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Stories under this heading cover the South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, as well as the unrecognised entities of Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Nagorno-Karabakh.

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Aliyev and Pashinyan meet over coffee in Tirana
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Aliyev and Pashinyan meet over coffee in Tirana

19 May 2025
The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan met in the Albanian capital, Tirana, on the sidelines of the sixth European Political Community Summit that brought together leaders of 47 countries. The two sides discussed the current situation and underlined the importance of continuing efforts toward signing a peace agreement. No details of the meeting held on 16 May have been disclosed but published photographs and video footage show Armenia Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev informally across a coffee table.
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Talks on Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan relations held in Astana
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Talks on Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan relations held in Astana

17 May 2025
Khalaf Khalafov, the Azerbaijani President's Representative on Special Assignments, has held a number of meetings in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. As part of the trip, Khalafov met with Murat Nurtleu, Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan & Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Erzhan Kazykhan, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan for External Affairs.
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From the Kremlin to Rustavi 2, hysterical reactions pose a threat to Georgia
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From the Kremlin to Rustavi 2, hysterical reactions pose a threat to Georgia

8 July 2019
Georgian politicians of all persuasions, who constantly wrap themselves up in EU and NATO flags, have been acting in a way which makes Georgia look like an unstable banana republic not an aspirant for EU or NATO membership. There seems to be no one in Georgia who is able to exercise restraint on a political class that has got used to shooting from the hip, creating a highly polorised, divided and disillusioned society. The international community now needs to step in and step up.
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Opinion: 'Game of Thrones moment' for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh
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Opinion: 'Game of Thrones moment' for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh

27 June 2019
In this op-ed, Ahmad Alili considers the implications if Azerbaijan decides to use force to resolve the Karabakh conflict. "Any further military action in the region will further increase the enmity between Azerbaijanis and Armenians; regaining control militarily over Nagorno-Karabakh may, in fact, end up prolonging the conflict itself", he says.
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Editorial: On Karabakh, unconventional diplomacy is now needed more than ever
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Editorial: On Karabakh, unconventional diplomacy is now needed more than ever

25 June 2019
In the Karabakh peace process there has been a reluctance by track 1 participants to engage properly with track II initiatives. The EU supported EPNK process has shown that unconventional diplomacy has much to contribute, and its energy must now be put to good use.
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Russia continues to put pressure on Georgia
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Russia continues to put pressure on Georgia

24 June 2019
David Bakradze, of the opposition European Georgia Party, has in the meantime raised the issue of Russia's return to full participation in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), which is going to be discussed at a meeting in Strasbourg this week. Bakradze said that it was not acceptable that Russia be allowed to return to PACE given its recent actions.
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