Armenian and Azerbaijani officials said they were preparing for peace talks at a meeting hosted by European Council President Charles Michel in Brussels, following a recent flare-up over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region (Agence France-Presse)
Armenian, Azerbaijan Leaders to Meet
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet in Brussels next week to lay the groundwork for peace negotiations to end their countries’ decades-long conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region (Associated Press)
Russia Accuses Azeri Troops of Entering Peacekeeping Zone in Nagorno-Karabakh
The Russian defense ministry accused Azerbaijan of violating the 2020 ceasefire agreement by entering a peacekeeping zone in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region (Agence France-Presse)
Azerbaijan Releases Eight Armenian Prisoners
In an effort to facilitate new talks with France and the European Union on the border conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Baku released eight Armenian prisoners (Reuters)
Turkish and Armenian Special Envoys Discuss Normalizing Ties
Special envoys representing Turkey and Armenia held talks for the first time since 2009 to discuss the possibility of normalizing ties between the two countries (Reuters)
EU Mission to Help Delineate Border Between Armenia and Azerbaijan
European Council President Charles Michel announced that an EU expert mission will be created to help delineate the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan (TASS)
Armenia, Azerbaijan Declare Truce After At Least Eight Killed in Border Clash
Russia brokered the cease-fire, which was declared after the deadliest day of fighting near the Armenia-Azerbaijan border since the countries’ war last year (Bloomberg)
Armenia Sues Azerbaijan at ICC
Armenia sued Azerbaijan at the International Court of Justice, claiming Azerbaijan violated an international treaty on racial discrimination (Reuters)
Armenia Proposes Russian Troop Deployment Following Clash With Azerbaijan
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan proposed that Russian troops be stationed on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which each accused the other of breaking a Russia-backed cease-fire agreement implemented yesterday (Al Jazeera)
Three Armenian Soldiers Killed in Border Clash With Azerbaijan
Armenia’s Ministry of Defense said yesterday that three soldiers were killed and another four wounded in cross-border firing with Azerbaijan; two Azerbaijan soldiers were also injured. Both countries agreed to a Russian-backed cease-fire (Al Jazeera)
Armenia’s Ruling Party Wins Snap Election
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party won a snap election that he called after protests erupted against a peace deal he signed to end fighting with Azerbaijan last year (Agence France-Presse)
Armenia, Azerbaijan Swap Prisoners for Land Mine Maps
Azerbaijan released fifteen Armenian prisoners in exchange for information on nearly one hundred thousand land mines. The deal, brokered by the United States and the European Union, is seen as a confidence-building step in the aftermath of conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region last year (Politico)
Armenia-Azerbaijan Tensions Flare
Armenia accused Azerbaijan of sending troops across its southern border, escalating tensions between the countries that fought a war last year over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan denied the claims. Russian President Vladimir Putin called for both countries to abide by the terms of the Moscow-brokered cease-fire agreement, while French President Emmanuel Macron demanded that Azerbaijan withdraw its forces (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree to Develop Nagorno-Karabakh
During a meeting in Moscow facilitated by Russia, the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to work together to develop the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, where conflict erupted between the countries last year. They have yet to agree on the role of Russian peacekeepers, the resettlement of displaced people, and the future of captured fighters (Wall Street Journal)
Armenia and Azerbaijan Swap Prisoners Under Nagorno-Karabakh Deal
The two countries started exchanging prisoners as part of a Russia-brokered cease-fire agreement that ended recent fighting over the Nagorno-Karabakh territory. Russian peacekeepers facilitated the exchange of nearly fifty prisoners (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Azerbaijan Discloses Official Military Death Toll in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
Azerbaijan announced that 2,783 soldiers were killed in six weeks of recent fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenia has not yet announced an official military death toll, but an official confirmed that 2,317 Armenian soldiers had been killed (Al Jazeera)
Azerbaijan Reclaims All Land Under Nagorno-Karabakh Truce
Azerbaijani forces reclaimed the Lachin district today, the last of the three regions given up by Armenia in the recent peace deal to end fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. (Al Jazeera)
Azerbaijan Enters Second Territory After Nagorno-Karabakh Truce
Azerbaijani forces have entered the second of three territories ceded by Armenia as part of the truce reached earlier this month to end fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Armenian President Calls for Snap Elections After Nagorno-Karabakh Deal
Armenian President Armen Sarkissian called for early parliamentary elections to resolve a political crisis triggered by a deal to end the conflict with Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan fired Armenia’s foreign minister yesterday amid calls to resign over the Russia-brokered truce, which ceded Armenian territory (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Protests Continue in Armenia Following Nagorno-Karabakh Deal
Protesters in Armenia have continued calling for the prime minister’s resignation after he agreed to a peace deal ceding territory in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh to Azerbaijan (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Armenia, Azerbaijan Agree to Truce in Nagorno-Karabakh
Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a Russia-brokered truce in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The peace announcement prompted protests in Armenia and celebrations in Azerbaijan, which will be allowed to keep the territory it claimed during the conflict. Armenia will also give up additional land (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the peace deal was “incredibly painful” (BBC)
Russian peacekeepers, who have already deployed to the region, will replace Armenian forces. Turkey, which backs Azerbaijan, will also play a role in the peacekeeping process (New York Times)
Azerbaijan Claims Capture of City in Nagorno-Karabakh
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said his country had captured the strategically important city of Shushi in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Armenian officials confirmed that there was fighting around the city, which sits on a hilltop overlooking a main road, but denied that it had fallen (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
Fighting Continues in Nagorno-Karabakh
At least three civilians were killed overnight in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh’s largest city, as fighting intensifies between Armenia and Azerbaijan. At least one thousand people have been killed since fighting began nearly six weeks ago (Reuters)
Russia: Two Thousand Middle Eastern Fighters Are in Nagorno-Karabakh
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that about two thousand fighters from the Middle East have joined Armenia and Azerbaijan’s conflict over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Multiple cease-fire agreements have been broken in the decades-old dispute’s latest flare-up, in which hundreds have died (Associated Press)
Azerbaijan Vows to Fight ‘To the End’ if Nagorno-Karabakh Talks Fail
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev said he wants to resolve the conflict through negotiations that would result in the withdrawal of ethnic Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabakh and several other surrounding regions. However, if negotiations fail he vowed to use any means necessary to restore territory, saying “we will continue by any means to restore our territorial integrity and…we will go to the end” (Reuters)