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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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EU marks time in relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the annual stock-taking meetings in Brussels all sides pledged eternal friendship. But quite where relations will be going in the future is not clear.
EU marks time in relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the annual stock-taking meetings in Brussels all sides pledged eternal friendship. But quite where relations will be going in the future is not clear.
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EU marks time in relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan. At the annual stock-taking meetings in Brussels all sides pledged eternal friendship. But quite where relations will be going in the future is not clear.

10 December 2013
At the annual stock-taking meetings in Brussels all sides pledged eternal friendship. But quite where relations will be going in the future is not clear.
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Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers meet in Kiev (Updated). The one-to-one meeting took place on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting
Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers meet in Kiev (Updated). The one-to-one meeting took place on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting
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Armenian and Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers meet in Kiev (Updated). The one-to-one meeting took place on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting

5 December 2013
The one-to-one meeting took place on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council Meeting which opened this morning in the Ukrainian Capital.
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Armenia and EU "to revisit the basis of their co-operation". A joint-statement at the Vilnius summit speaks vaguely of further co-operation.
Armenia and EU "to revisit the basis of their co-operation". A joint-statement at the Vilnius summit speaks vaguely of further co-operation.
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Armenia and EU "to revisit the basis of their co-operation". A joint-statement at the Vilnius summit speaks vaguely of further co-operation.

30 November 2013
A joint-statement at the end of the Vilnius summit speaks vaguely of further co-operation but indicates that work to turn this into substance may have to start from scratch.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev met in Vilnius, on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev met in Vilnius, on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev met in Vilnius, on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

29 November 2013
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev met in Vilnius, on the margins of the Eastern Partnership Summit, with British Prime Minister David Cameron.
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Sargsyan speaks of "a new beginning". The Armenian President positively assesses the meeting in Vienna with Azerbaijani counterpart
Sargsyan speaks of "a new beginning". The Armenian President positively assesses the meeting in Vienna with Azerbaijani counterpart
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Sargsyan speaks of "a new beginning". The Armenian President positively assesses the meeting in Vienna with Azerbaijani counterpart

23 November 2013
The Armenian President positively assesses the meeting in Vienna with his Azerbaijani counterpart and said that the talks were, "in all likelihood, a new round of negotiations and a new beginning."
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