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From Baku to Yerevan: A New Chapter for Multitrack Diplomacy
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From Baku to Yerevan: A New Chapter for Multitrack Diplomacy

6 November 2025
Towards the end of October, a lone Azerbaijani Airlines Gulfstream G650 landed in Yerevan, Armenia. It wasn’t the first to do so in over three decades of conflict but it could well change the future of multitrack diplomacy. Although mutual visits by Azerbaijanis to Armenia and Armenians to Azerbaijan are also not new, before October's flight they always occurred under the auspices of an international organisation or intergovernmental body including countries outside the region. Last month’s visit not only flew direct between the capitals but was bilaterally agreed.
Onnik James Krikorian

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Searching for common ground. Diplomats try to find enough common ground to justify another meeting between the Presidents
Searching for common ground. Diplomats try to find enough common ground to justify another meeting between the Presidents
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Searching for common ground. Diplomats try to find enough common ground to justify another meeting between the Presidents

6 February 2014
Minsk Group diplomats try to find enough common ground to justify another meeting between the Presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan in the next weeks.
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Mind the gap! The diplomats mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan realise that the gap between them and the Presidents is not simply the huge empty table between them.
Mind the gap! The diplomats mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan realise that the gap between them and the Presidents is not simply the huge empty table between them.
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Mind the gap! The diplomats mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan realise that the gap between them and the Presidents is not simply the huge empty table between them.

5 February 2014
The diplomats mediating between Armenia and Azerbaijan realise that the gap between them and the Presidents is not simply the huge empty table between them.
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Year starts badly on Karabakh front line.The first month of the year has been marred with daily incidents and the the death of several persons.
Year starts badly on Karabakh front line.The first month of the year has been marred with daily incidents and the the death of several persons.
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Year starts badly on Karabakh front line.The first month of the year has been marred with daily incidents and the the death of several persons.

30 January 2014
The first month of the year has been marred with daily incidents and the the death of several persons on both sides of the line of contact.
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Armenian and Azerbaijani civilians caught in cross-fire in incidents around the Tovuz sector of the line of contact in which civilians were injured.
Armenian and Azerbaijani civilians caught in cross-fire in incidents around the Tovuz sector of the line of contact in which civilians were injured.
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Armenian and Azerbaijani civilians caught in cross-fire in incidents around the Tovuz sector of the line of contact in which civilians were injured.

24 January 2014
Both sides have reported incidents in the last twenty four hours around the Tovuz sector of the line of contact in which civilians were injured.
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Serious escalation of situation around the Karabakh conflict zone. Azerbaijani Air Force flies over line of contact as situation on the ground gets more tense.
Serious escalation of situation around the Karabakh conflict zone. Azerbaijani Air Force flies over line of contact as situation on the ground gets more tense.
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Serious escalation of situation around the Karabakh conflict zone. Azerbaijani Air Force flies over line of contact as situation on the ground gets more tense.

24 January 2014
Azerbaijani Air Force flies over line of contact as situation on the ground gets more tense.
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