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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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The South Caucasus is Set for Geopolitical Realignment

The South Caucasus is Set for Geopolitical Realignment

In Mackinder’s terminology, Eurasia is the heartland of geopolitics and the South Caucasus, though small in economic terms compared to the surrounding major powers, constitutes the heart of that heartland. No major power can afford to ignore or neglect it. Strategically located at the crossroads of East and West and being the only region that borders two most controversial actors of Eurasia (Russia and Iran), control over the South Caucasus equates to control over a vital part of the Eurasian continent. This is why the region’s geopolitical orientation carries immense significance, particularly amid the evolving landscape of international relations shaped by the war in Ukraine and the recent escalation of tensions between Iran and Israel in the southern neighborhood. Today, the geopolitics of the South Caucasus is in flux, and most importantly, this transition has now reached to the most important nation-state of the region: Azerbaijan.

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U.S. Department Of State: The United States is extremely troubled by the news that the President of Azerbaijan pardoned Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov
U.S. Department Of State: The United States is extremely troubled by the news that the President of Azerbaijan pardoned Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov

U.S. Department Of State: The United States is extremely troubled by the news that the President of Azerbaijan pardoned Azerbaijani army officer Ramil Safarov

Patrick Ventrell, Acting Deputy Spokesperson of the U.S. Department Of State has made a statement on the pardon to Azerbaijani officer Ramil Safarov.
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Armenian President: Armenia suspends diplomatic relations with Hungary
Armenian President: Armenia suspends diplomatic relations with Hungary

Armenian President: Armenia suspends diplomatic relations with Hungary

I officially announce that as of today we suspend diplomatic relations and all official contacts with Hungary, President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan said during a special meeting with the heads of diplomatic missions on Friday.
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Laszlo Kemeny: "It is our mistake that we have such government"
Laszlo Kemeny: "It is our mistake that we have such government"

Laszlo Kemeny: "It is our mistake that we have such government"

"It is our mistake that we have such government", Laszlo Kemeny, Professor of Political Science, scientist, (Hungary) told ArmInfo when commenting on the Hungarian Government's decision to extradite Ramil Safarov, a murderer of Armenian officer Gurgen Margaryan.
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Defense Army of Karabakh refutes information on murder of Armenian military servicemen
Defense Army of Karabakh refutes information on murder of Armenian military servicemen

Defense Army of Karabakh refutes information on murder of Armenian military servicemen

The Azerbaijani media reports that the Azerbaijani army has repelled the attack of the NKR armed forces near Fizouli and, as a result, 2 Armenian soldiers died and several soldiers got wounded has nothing to do with the reality, the press service of the NKR Defense Army told ArmInfo.
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Armenian FM: For resolution of conflict it would be productive if Turkey could encourage Azerbaijan to negotiate with Nagorno Karabakh
Armenian FM: For resolution of conflict it would be productive if Turkey could encourage Azerbaijan to negotiate with Nagorno Karabakh

Armenian FM: For resolution of conflict it would be productive if Turkey could encourage Azerbaijan to negotiate with Nagorno Karabakh

"For the resolution of the conflict it would be productive if Turkey could encourage Azerbaijan to negotiate with the real party to the conflict, Nagorno Karabakh," says Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharyan commenting on Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu's latest statement, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports.
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OSCE Monitoring of contact line registers no ceasefire breaches
OSCE Monitoring of contact line registers no ceasefire breaches

OSCE Monitoring of contact line registers no ceasefire breaches

On August 23, in accordance with an earlier agreement with the authorities of the Nagorno- Karabakh Republic, the OSCE Mission monitored the Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijani armed forces' contact-line in the Askeran direction, the NKR Foreign Ministry told ArmInfo.
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NKR president receives OSCE ambassador
NKR president receives OSCE ambassador

NKR president receives OSCE ambassador

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) President Bako Sahakyan on Wednesday met with Ambassador Andrzej Kasprzyk, the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.
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Flow of tourists to Karabakh stably grows
Flow of tourists to Karabakh stably grows

Flow of tourists to Karabakh stably grows

According to the data of the NKR Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Service, 10 thousand 667 foreign citizens visited the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic as of August 21, 2012.