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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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Pashinyan-Erdogan meeting may be a game-changer in Armenia-Turkish relations
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Pashinyan-Erdogan meeting may be a game-changer in Armenia-Turkish relations

21 June 2025
Armenian prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, made a well-prepared and carefully orchestrated visit to Türkiye on Friday evening (20 June), during which he held talks with the Turkish President, Recip Tayip Erdogan. Commonspace.eu political editor in a comment said that Pashinyan‘s visit to Türkiye was well prepared and carefully orchestrated by the two sides. Potentially the visit can be a game-changer in Armenia- Türkiye relations, leading to the restoration of full diplomatic relations and the opening of borders. In both Armenia and Türkiye there is increasing support for these steps.  No major breakthrough was announced after the visit, but none was expected. The day before Pashinyan’s visit, Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev also met Erdogan in  Türkiye. Aliyev continues to push Türkiye not to take any steps with Armenia before Armenia and Azerbaijan settle the differences between them. But Türkiye may decide to make a move sooner than the Azerbaijan president wants.

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Sargsyan wants Aliev to win elections. Armenian President said A democratic Azerbaijan is preferable to us as neighbour and partner in talks
Sargsyan wants Aliev to win elections. Armenian President said A democratic Azerbaijan is preferable to us as neighbour and partner in talks
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Sargsyan wants Aliev to win elections. Armenian President said A democratic Azerbaijan is preferable to us as neighbour and partner in talks

18 August 2013
Speaking at the end of a youth and sports festival the Armenian President said that "A democratic Azerbaijan is definitely preferable to us as a neighbour, and especially as a partner in talks,"
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Ivanishvili reaches out to Abkhazia and Ossetia in a somber speech on the anniversary of the August War saying he is ready for direct dialogue.
Ivanishvili reaches out to Abkhazia and Ossetia in a somber speech on the anniversary of the August War saying he is ready for direct dialogue.
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Ivanishvili reaches out to Abkhazia and Ossetia in a somber speech on the anniversary of the August War saying he is ready for direct dialogue.

9 August 2013
"We are ready for direct dialogue with our Abkhazian and Ossetian brothers. I am convinced we will find common language to build common relations in the future." said the Georgian PM
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EUMM: Unarmed but effective. The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain.
EUMM: Unarmed but effective. The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain.
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EUMM: Unarmed but effective. The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain.

9 August 2013
The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain. Commonspace.eu Joseph d'Urso travelled with an EUMM patrol, and talked to villagers and IDPs whose life has been deeply affected by the war.
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Medoev: "Our independence is irreversible". Commonspace exclusive interview with South Ossetia's envoy in Moscow.
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Medoev: "Our independence is irreversible". Commonspace exclusive interview with South Ossetia's envoy in Moscow.

7 August 2013
In this exclusive interview with commonspace.eu South Ossetia's envoy to Moscow blames Georgia for starting the 2008 war, and the international community for complacency bordering on complicity. He dismisses the role of civil society in resolution of the conflict and says Russia was the salvation of the Ossetian people.
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The August 2008 Georgia-Russia War in ten questions and answers.
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The August 2008 Georgia-Russia War in ten questions and answers.

6 August 2013
Five years have passed since Georgia and Russia fought a short but costly war that again brought suffering and death on a huge scale to the Caucasus. Lessons need to be learnt and the world and the people of the region together must say "Never again", and must with their actions and their will avoid the spiral that leads to war. Commonspace.eu summarises the conflict and its background in ten short questions and answers as an introduction to a series of articles, interviews and special reports which we will be publishing over the next few days
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Russia builds artificial border in the heart of the Caucasus. A new fence around South Ossetia creates problems for the local population.
Russia builds artificial border in the heart of the Caucasus. A new fence around South Ossetia creates problems for the local population.
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Russia builds artificial border in the heart of the Caucasus. A new fence around South Ossetia creates problems for the local population.

5 August 2013
A new fence around South Ossetia is both geographically and politically artificial, and creates problems for the local population.
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