What’s new? A Russian-brokered ceasefire between Armenia and Azerbaijan ended a six-week war in and around Nagorno-Karabakh, but skirmishes on the border point to unresolved tensions. On the post-war front lines, a scramble to dig new positions, mass displacement and a humanitarian crisis make for a fragile situation.
Why does it matter? Already frictions along the new front line, which lies close to civilian settlements, threaten renewed violence. The longer it takes for Nagorno-Karabakh residents to return home and resume some semblance of normal life, the harder it will be to jump-start future peace efforts.
What should be done? Russian peacekeepers need a clear mandate for their long-term deployment. The parties should build upon ad hoc contacts to create a regular channel for addressing urgent problems. They must stop holding international humanitarian aid hostage to the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh’s status that lies at the conflict’s core.
Armed Forces of BiH have been the brightest example of Security Exports from BiH June 3, 2021 9:30 AM by Y.Z
The Armed Forces (AF) of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) have been the brightest example of security exports from BiH for years, told Josip Brkic, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of BiH.
The topic of the conversation was part of a large exercise “Defender Europe 21” which was attended by members of the AF BiH.
Brkic is also chairman of the Commission for Cooperation of BiH with NATO. He states this exercise went “more than well.”
”Very successfully completed exercise. It is a bilateral exercise of armed forces from BiH and the United States (U.S.)… One part took place in BiH… The commander of the U.S. ground forces for Europe said that he did not know which soldiers belong to the AF BiH and which were American, ” told Brkic and added that” the exercise was done according to NATO standards “.
Ambassador Nelson, Delegation of the European Union to B&H, Ambassador Johann Sattler and OSCEB&H Ambassador Kathleen Kavalec addressed the Interagency Working Group (IAWG) today to underscore the urgent need for internationally-recommended reforms to make BiH’s electoral system more fair, transparent, and effective, the US Embassy in B&H wrote on Twitter
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