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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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Presidents of US, Russia and France tell Armenia and Azerbaijan "Responsibility for putting an end to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains with you".
Presidents of US, Russia and France tell Armenia and Azerbaijan "Responsibility for putting an end to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains with you".
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Presidents of US, Russia and France tell Armenia and Azerbaijan "Responsibility for putting an end to Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remains with you".

19 June 2013
The Presidents of the three Minsk Group co-chair countries make an appeal on the margins of the G8 Summit in Northern Ireland.
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Summit talk. There are reports that a summit between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan may happen later this year.
Summit talk. There are reports that a summit between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan may happen later this year.
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Summit talk. There are reports that a summit between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan may happen later this year.

7 June 2013
Rumours in international diplomatic circles suggest that a summit between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan may happen this year. What has changed to make it possible?
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