Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on ‘historic’ return of villages (www.aljazeera.com)
from HowRu68@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 2024 23:35
https://lemmy.world/post/14484430

Armenia has agreed to return several villages to Azerbaijan in what both countries say is an important milestone as they edge towards a peace deal after fighting two wars since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 2024 23:39 next collapse

Armenia, having been absolutely abandoned by the Russians, is doing everything it can to keep Turkey (through Azerbaijan) from wiping it off the map.

ImWaitingForRetcons@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 2024 23:56 collapse

To be fair, the Azerbaijani government hates Armenia plenty enough even without Turkey being involved.

MyPornViewingAccount@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 2024 00:51 collapse

Yes, but lack the material to move the needle without Turkish support.

istanbullu@lemmy.ml on 20 Apr 2024 16:45 collapse

Azerbaijan has more than x3 the population of Armenia, and also has oil wealth. This is very one sided.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 20 Apr 2024 00:14 next collapse

The settlements are deserted but are strategically important because they are close to Armenia’s main highway north towards the border with Georgia. Much of Armenia’s trade travels on this road, and it goes to the pipeline through which it receives gas from Russia.

Not exactly a solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh situation. They have been fighting over it for so long that I have a CD with an SD video AVI of a documentary about it somewhere.

monomon@programming.dev on 20 Apr 2024 09:57 next collapse

So relations are improving after the Russian “peacekeepers” left?

SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works on 20 Apr 2024 17:55 collapse

The people of Karabakh remain ethnically cleansed from their homes, and it looks like no one is interested in ever fixing that.

Russia had posted peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh after the last major war between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 2020 but said this week it had begun withdrawing them.

Russia’s main loss in the war against Ukraine is their relationship with their de facto satellites. Both Caucasian and Central Asian countries have moved away diplomatically from Russia, being completely aware that it has their hands tied. China moves its influence into Central Asia, and the Caucasus dissolves into its myriad of historical conflicts. Only Belarus remains loyal.