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The South Caucasus – a region encompassing Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia - is one of strategic importance, not only for adjacent countries, such as Turkiye, Russia, Iran and the Central Asian states, but also for neighbours such as the European Union and the GCC states, and globally for the United States, India, China, Pakistan and Japan.

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The South Caucasus is no longer Russia’s backyard
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The South Caucasus is no longer Russia’s backyard

27 August 2025
For decades, Russia has stood at the centre of the South Caucasus’ security order. No peace deal, no war settlement, no major infrastructure project could be imagined without Moscow’s involvement. Yet this year, for the first time in Azerbaijan’s modern history, that assumption has been openly challenged. A series of diplomatic clashes between Baku and Moscow, followed last week by the U.S.-mediated summit in Washington, show that Azerbaijan is willing to confront Russia more directly than ever before, and that the South Caucasus may now be shifting away from Moscow at an accelerated pace.
Simona Scotti

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OSCE Chairman arrives in the South Caucasus on a vist that will focus on the unresolved conflicts and human rights concerns.
OSCE Chairman arrives in the South Caucasus on a vist that will focus on the unresolved conflicts and human rights concerns.
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OSCE Chairman arrives in the South Caucasus on a vist that will focus on the unresolved conflicts and human rights concerns.

2 June 2014
The President of the Swiss Confederation and current Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE will focus on the unresolved conflicts and human rights concerns during his visit.
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Sargsyan: "Karabakh not part of Armenia". The Armenian leader said issue of Karabakh joining the EEU as part of Armenia was never discussed.
Sargsyan: "Karabakh not part of Armenia". The Armenian leader said issue of Karabakh joining the EEU as part of Armenia was never discussed.
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Sargsyan: "Karabakh not part of Armenia". The Armenian leader said issue of Karabakh joining the EEU as part of Armenia was never discussed.

1 June 2014
The Armenian leader said that the issue of Karabakh joining the Eurasian Economic Union as part of Armenia was never under discussion. He described the comments of the Kazakh President in Astana as "unpleasant" but not damaging.
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Minsk Group diplomats meet Aliev.
Minsk Group diplomats meet Aliev.
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Minsk Group diplomats meet Aliev.

31 May 2014
At a meeting with international experts, held in Bern earlier this week, the diplomats were encouraged to take bolder measures in their efforts to break the current impasse, and help bring the sides to the next step of negotiations.
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Aliev: "The war with Armenia is ongoing" and "the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh regime will never be given a legal status".
Aliev: "The war with Armenia is ongoing" and "the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh regime will never be given a legal status".
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Aliev: "The war with Armenia is ongoing" and "the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh regime will never be given a legal status".

29 May 2014
In a tough speech marking the anniversary of the establishment of the first Azerbaijani Republic in 1918 the President said that "the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh regime will never be given a legal status"
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