Tag: Zangezur Corridor

Remarks made by Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Baku on August 19 triggered a wave of strong reactions from Iran, underscoring the conflicting views Moscow and Tehran hold on a key regional issue.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of September 20: This week marked the first anniversary of Azerbaijan’s military offensive that led to the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh’s entire population; a complaint for crimes against humanity is filed with the Prosecutor of the ICC on behalf of two victims from Artsakh; Armenia’s Investigative Committee arrests three people involved in an alleged plot to overthrow the government and more.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of September 13: Iran continues to voice strong opposition to the so-called “Zangezur Corridor”; the European Commission and Armenia announce the start of a visa liberalization process; Armenian prosecutors reach a settlement with a former Deputy Defense Minister over illicit assets and more.

While in Baku, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Armenia's leadership of "sabotaging" the agreement signed by PM Nikol Pashinyan regarding the unblocking of communications, sparking a war of words with Yerevan. Hovhannes Nazaretyan explains.

In this episode of “Examining the Context” podcast, Dr. Nerses Kopalyan talks about how Armenia must anticipate, mitigate and deter the Aliyev regime's threats and potential attacks by gauging its coercive credibility through a threat matrix.

In order for Armenia to mitigate, anticipate, and deter Azerbaijan's threats and potential attacks, it must understand and qualify the mechanisms that define the Aliyev regime’s propensity for bellicosity, and gauge its “coercive credibility”.

In EVN Report’s news roundup for the week of July 7, 2023: The situation in Artsakh becomes extremely grave as Azerbaijan’s total blockade continues; PM Nikol Pashinyan says a meeting with Azerbaijan’s president will take place in Brussels in the near future; two Armenian serviceman abducted on Armenian territory by Azerbaijani forces are sentenced to 11 years and six months by a court in Sumgait and more.

Armenia hasn’t participated in any multilateral connectivity initiatives in the South Caucasus since independence, primarily due to the war with Azerbaijan. Since the 2020 Artsakh War, new projects are taking shape—again without Armenia’s participation.

As Armenia works to rebuild its positions following the 2020 Artsakh War, it must assess the challenges, threats and risks of the security environment and clarify a position that reflects state and national interests.

Armenia will be looking to take advantage of its chairmanship of the CSTO to create a new Crisis Response Center. If its supposed allies continue their indifference even at the organizational stage, they should all be asking themselves why they are together in the first place.