Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
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Summary: Reeling from a military defeat in a war with Turkey-backed Azerbaijan, can Armeniaâs hard-won democracy withstand domestic political turmoil?
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The recent agreement to cease hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh has created a new status quo in the South Caucasus. Azerbaijan has recovered territories it lost in the 1990s when the conflict over the enclave first erupted, in the shadow of the Soviet collapse. A new modus vivendi between Russia and Turkey is shaping regional geopolitics. Once shaky authoritarian rule in Azerbaijan is now more deeply entrenched. It can also count on the support of Turkey, another increasingly authoritarian player in the neighborhood. This stronger and deeper authoritarian presence in the region will place significant stress on nascent democracies in Georgi
December 9, 2020
Protesters in front of Armenia’s parliament building on Dec. 9The embattled Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, once again, scuffed at mounting calls for his resignation and told parliament that those who want his ouster seek to establish “anarchy” in Armenia. While he was speaking at the National Assembly Wednesday, thousands gathered at the entrance of the compound calling for him to step down.
While dismissed calls by the Catholicoi Karekin II and Aram I, who in separate messages on Tuesday, urged Pashinyan to step down, he directly attacked the opposition, once again.
Armenian Revolutionary Federation Supreme Council of Armenia chairman Ishkhan Saghatelyan said that Pashinyan had lost popular support and legitimacy.
December 9, 2020
Armenia and Azerbaijan will be meeting in the next weeks to determine Armenia’s border, Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan announced on Nov. 9
BY ARA KHACHATOURIAN
For the past several days the issue of Armenia’s borders and a need for their clarification or demarcation has become a point of discussion. On Tuesday, President Armen Sarkissian asked his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, “to assist in completing the demarcation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan in order to rule out further tensions and negative developments.”
On Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan told Parliament that Armenia and Azerbaijan will hold negotiations in the coming weeks mediated by Russia to settle the border between the two countries. Avinyan’s made this startling announcement in response to lawmaker questions about the viability of the border in the Syunik Province.
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