{"id":2335134,"date":"2024-09-01T10:29:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T14:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armenia-and-azerbaijan-announce-possible-peace-deal-after-decades-of-conflict-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-01T10:33:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-01T14:33:25","slug":"armenia-and-azerbaijan-announce-possible-peace-deal-after-decades-of-conflict-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/armenia-and-azerbaijan-announce-possible-peace-deal-after-decades-of-conflict-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia and Azerbaijan announce possible peace deal after decades of conflict &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farmenia-and-azerbaijan-announce-possible-peace-deal-after-decades-of-conflict-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2335134&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Armenia and Azerbaijan\u200b have \u200cannounced progress towards a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-one-in-six-biden-voters-would-have-changed-their-vote-if-they-had-known-about-scandals-suppressed-by-media\/\" title=\"Poll: One In Six Biden Voters Would Have Changed Their Vote If They Had Known About Scandals Suppressed By Media\">peace deal<\/a> after decades of conflict, including significant military confrontations since the dissolution of the\u2064 Soviet Union. The tensions peaked with a\u2064 major Azerbaijani invasion\u2063 in 2020 and the annexation of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region in \u20642023. During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">recent press conference<\/a>,\u2063 Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan revealed that out of 17 articles in the proposed peace \u200btreaty, 13 have been fully agreed upon, implying readiness for a formal agreement. However, \u200bAzerbaijani officials appear less optimistic, stressing ongoing discussions, particularly about border commissions and the \u2062withdrawal \u200cof a European Union contingent present since February 2023. The \u2063conflict has seen various \u2062international alliances, with Turkey\u2063 and Israel supporting Azerbaijan, while Iran backs \u200dArmenia;\u200b Russia and the EU have taken more ambiguous stances. The roots of the conflict can be traced back to historical ethnic tensions and the territorial disagreements surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Armenia and Azerbaijan announce possible peace deal after decades of conflict<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1732297\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>After decades of conflict, including two of the largest regional land wars since the fall of the Soviet Union, rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/armenia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Armenia\">Armenia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/azerbaijan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Armenia\">Azerbaijan<\/a> announced a possible looming peace deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Armenia and Azerbaijan witnessed a bloody flashpoint in the otherwise largely peaceful dissolution of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Soviet-Union\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Soviet Union<\/a>, with tensions culminating in a full-scale Azerbaijani invasion in 2020 and outright annexation of the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2023. After several more war scares, the two countries announced progress in a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trumps-foreign-policy-legacy-4-accomplishments-to-remember\/\" title=\"President Trump\u2019s Foreign Policy Legacy: 4 Accomplishments To Remember\">peace treaty<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, right, and Azerbaijan&rsquo;s President Ilham Aliyev sit during a visit of CIS heads of state to the Catherine Palace on the sidelines of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) heads of state meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. (Vladimir Smirnov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;We have 17 articles in the latest draft of the peace treaty. Thirteen of them, including the preamble, are fully agreed on,&rdquo; Pashinyan said at a Saturday press conference, <em>Politico<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/armenia-azerbaijan-tout-possible-south-caucasus-peace-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a>. &ldquo;We offer the following &mdash; to take all agreed-upon articles and wordings and sign it as a peace treaty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Azerbaijani foreign policy head Hikmet Hagiyev was less openly optimistic, telling <em>Politico<\/em> there had been progress in bilateral talks and that the agreement on the border commission &ldquo;should be seen as sufficient for the withdrawal of the EU contingent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Baku has openly opposed the European Union contingent since its arrival in February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict has witnessed a complicated web of alliances, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/56992\/turkey-ignores-international-community-and-escalates-its-role-in-azerbaijan-armenia-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Turkey\">Turkey<\/a> and Israel backing Azerbaijan, Iran backing Armenia, and Russia and the EU vacillating between both.<\/p>\n<p>The root of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan lies in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, a formerly majority Armenian enclave that lies within the borders of Azerbaijan. After bloody ethnic fighting during the Russian Civil War, the region experienced an era of peaceful relations during the Soviet era. Ethnic tensions resumed in the late 1980s. The first Nagorno-Karabakh War, fought between 1988 and 1994, saw dozens of thousands of casualties on both sides before a peace treaty favorable to Armenia was signed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After intermittent clashes, and taking advantage of a lull in relations between Armenia and Russia, Azerbaijan launched an invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020. The war saw one of the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">large-scale<\/a> uses of modern drones in a peer land war, tactics which were used and advanced in Ukraine two years later. Azerbaijan&rsquo;s use of the technology, combined with a clear numerical superiority and the backing of Turkey, resulted in a crushing victory over Armenia after just 44 days.<\/p>\n<p>After a monthslong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2757147\/prevent-second-armenian-genocide-christian-group-urges-biden-administration-to-take-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"blockade\">blockade<\/a> of the remnants of the Armenian-controlled Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan launched another offensive, which took full control of the region in September 2023. The offensive triggered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2442241\/ethnic-cleansing-in-armenian-enclave-house-republican-introduces-bill-to-sanction-azerbaijan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"blockade\">mass exodus<\/a> of ethnic Armenians, resulting in the complete depopulation of the area.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1732297\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1732297\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armenia and Azerbaijan have revealed the potential for a peace agreement after enduring decades of conflict, which included two significant regional wars since the Soviet Union&#8217;s collapse. The tensions between these two nations escalated during the dissolution of the Soviet Union, culminating in a full-scale invasion by Azerbaijan in 2020 and its annexation of the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2023. Following several instances of heightened military tension, both countries reported advancements toward a possible peace treaty. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced at a press conference that there are 17 articles in the latest draft of the treaty, with 13\u2014including the preamble\u2014fully agreed upon. He proposed that they sign this as an official peace treaty. In contrast, Azerbaijani foreign policy chief Hikmet Hagiyev expressed cautious optimism about progress in discussions but noted that an agreement on border commissions should be viewed as adequate for withdrawing EU forces, which Baku has opposed since their deployment in February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict is rooted in Nagorno-Karabakh, an area historically populated by Armenians but located within Azerbaijan&#8217;s borders. After intense ethnic violence during Russia&#8217;s Civil War, relations improved during Soviet times before tensions flared again in the late 1980s. The first Nagorno-Karabakh War from 1988 to 1994 resulted in heavy casualties and ended with a peace deal favoring Armenia. Following sporadic clashes and taking advantage of weakened ties between Armenia and Russia, Azerbaijan invaded Nagorno-Karabakh again in 2020 using modern drone warfare tactics that were later seen during Ukraine\u2019s conflict two years later; this led to a swift victory over Armenia within just over six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>After months of blockading what remained under Armenian control in Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan launched another offensive that secured complete control over the region by September 2023\u2014prompting mass displacement among ethnic Armenians and resulting in their near-total exodus from the area<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2335135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Armenia-Azerbaijan.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[39844,39845,35381,39846,32076],"class_list":["post-2335134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-armenia","tag-azerbaijan","tag-conflict-resolution","tag-peace-deal","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Armenia-Azerbaijan.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2335134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2335134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2335135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2335134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2335134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2335134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}