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Opinion: New transport corridors in Eurasia leave Armenia with a dilemma

8 November 2017

Armenia should take additional steps to overcome its regional isolation and boost its economic cooperation with the outside world, otherwise in the long-term it would be more and more difficult for it to counter Azerbaijani and Turkish pressure, argues Benyamin Poghosyan in this op-ed.

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South Caucasus

The role of confidence-building measures in the Karabakh context discussed in Baku

7 November 2017

Participants put forward a number of suggestions for measures that can be implemented in support of the on-going international mediation to resolve the Karabakh conflict peacefully.

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Turkey to grant citizenship to thousands of Meskhetian Turks deported from Georgia in Soviet times

6 November 2017

Deported by the Soviet leadership in 1944 the Meskhetian Turks have never been properly rehabilitated, and they have lived largely in squalour in different parts of the former Soviet Union since.

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Russia

The number of people speaking Russian has decreased by 50 million in the past 25 years, says senior Russian lawmaker

5 November 2017

Duma Member Vyachelav Nikonov was speaking at the 11th Russian World Assembly taking place in Nizhny Novgorod from 2-4 November. It is attended by delegates from 73 countries, and from all Russian regions.

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Sargsyan meets Modi in New Delhi

4 November 2017

President Sargsyan said Armenia is ready to offer favorable conditions for Indian companies and drew the attention of the Indian side to the free economic zone, being established in Meghri on the border with Iran, which can become an effective platform for cooperation.

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Russia-Iran-Azerbaijan summit puts emphasis on concrete co-operation

2 November 2017

During the trilateral Summit, the presidents focused on continued cooperation to finalise railway and road infrastructure work within the framework of the North-South Transport Corridor

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Aliyev meets Putin in Tehran ahead of regional summit

2 November 2017

A trilateral meeting between the Presidents of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan will take place in the Iranian capital later today. Putin and Aliyev also held separate meetings with the Iranian leadership

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Opinion: Towards an interconnected South Caucasus

1 November 2017

The recently launched Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway link is a good example of the thriving co-operation between Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey says Emil Avdaliani in this op-ed. The trilateral format, underpinned by various large regional projects, has proved to be durable.

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Analysis: Kurdish region in turmoil

31 October 2017

There is uncertainty in Iraq's Kurdish Region after President Barzani's independence gamble misfires. Dr Benyamin Poghosyan reviews the events of the last weeks, and their likely consequences, in this analysis for commonspace.eu

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Opinion: New transport corridors in Eurasia leave Armenia with a dilemma

The role of confidence-building measures in the Karabakh context discussed in Baku

Turkey to grant citizenship to thousands of Meskhetian Turks deported from Georgia in Soviet times

The number of people speaking Russian has decreased by 50 million in the past 25 years, says senior Russian lawmaker

Sargsyan meets Modi in New Delhi

Russia-Iran-Azerbaijan summit puts emphasis on concrete co-operation

Aliyev meets Putin in Tehran ahead of regional summit

Opinion: Towards an interconnected South Caucasus

Analysis: Kurdish region in turmoil