Diplomacy

Yesterday, after a four-hour trilateral meeting Nikol Pashinyan, Vladimir Putin, and Ilham Aliev came up with a joint statement, however, in a separate speech Pashinyan indicated that the issue of the return of Armenian POWs is not resolved yet.

Athens announced on the 24th of December that the United Nations had published the Greco-Egyptian agreement on the delimitation of the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between the two countries; one that Ankara considers “null and void”. Turkey’s Oruc Reis will resume its controversial seismic exploration mission, along with Ataman and Cengizhan vessels, near the shores of the Greek island of Kastellorizo until June 15, 2021. They are considered as Greek-claimed waters of the Eastern Mediterranean. These events are predicted to only further exacerbate Greek-Turkish tensions within the wider region.

Moscow and Ankara signed a document on the establishment of a joint monitoring center in Karabakh.

Russian Ministry of Defense published map of deployment and observation points at Karabakh

Russian mediated ceasefire possibly ends the war between Azerbaijan and Artsakh. Armenian side agreed to radical concessions, Russian peacekeepers will enter the region.

"Amongst the activists we see not only Armenians, but also French, Greek, Cypriot and Yazidi people"

Can Iran become a major player in the frames of the new Artsakh war, that burst more than a month ago?