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South Caucasus countries edgy after Israel and Iran bombard each other
14 June 2025
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South Caucasus
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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Armenia and Azerbaijan Dialogue in the context of the European Political Community
12 June 2025
The latest European Political Community summit held in Tirana in May this year, featured Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev at a time when Baku’s period of bad blood with Brussels seems to be over and Europe once again is viewed as a constructive partner. It is not a coincidence that Aliyev briefly met Pashinyan in Tirana for the first time in months and even had a seemingly friendly conversation with French President Macron despite the two countries’ intense feud.
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Red Cross representatives visit Azerbaijanis being held in Karabakh
20 December 2016
According to its mandate, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) visits detainees to monitor their treatment and conditions of detention and to help to ensure that the detainees are able to maintain contact with their families
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President Rouhani of Iran to visit Armenia on Wednesday
19 December 2016
The Iranian news agency Mher reported from Tehran that the visit to Armenia was part of a regional tour in the framework of the government's policy "to strengthen ties and deepen cooperation with neighboring and regional countries"
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EU and Armenia upbeat on progress in negotiations on a new agreement
15 December 2016
At a briefing in Brussels on Wednesday (14 December), both sides expressed satisfaction at progress in the negotiations, but hinted that they were in uncharted waters. As one EU official put it, "Russia remains the elephant in the room"
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Israel has sold US$ 5 billion worth of arms to Azerbaijan in recent years
14 December 2016
Welcoming Israeli prime minister Netanyahu to Baku, President Aliev hailed Azerbaijan's co-operation with Israel, particularly in the military sphere, and declared it to be very satisfactory
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Israeli prime minister Netanyahu visits Baku
13 December 2016
The Israeli prime minister said at Ben Gurion airport before leaving for a trip to Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan that this was a trip to two important muslim countries, and that it represented both "continuity and breakthrough"
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OSCE Foreign Ministers push for progress in Karabakh negotiations
9 December 2016
At the OSCE Ministerial Meeting in Hamburg, Armenia and Azerbaijan urged to move forward with peace negotiations on the Karabakh conflict
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Armenian, Azerbaijani and EU experts discuss confidence-building and peace-keeping in Brussels
8 December 2016
LINKS (Dialogue, Analysis and Research) and the European Policy Centre hosted the Brussels meeting in the framework of the EPNK programme. Participants discussed issues related to peacekeeping and confidence-building in the context of Karabakh conflict and conflict settlement process
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Opinion: Republican Party prepares to rule Armenia for long time to come
5 December 2016
The recently concluded 16th Convention of the Republican Party of Armenia demonstrated the ruling party's ambition to dominate the country's political life for years to come, argues Sos Avetisyan in this op-ed for commonspace.eu
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President Aliev visits front line communities affected by April fighting
4 December 2016
The Azerbaijani President inspected various municipal facilities in Terter and Aghdam regions, where he also viewed reconstruction of houses and facilities that had been damaged in the April fighting.