Negotiating a black hole

Iyun 16, 2008 · Kateqoriya: Avropa, Azərbaycan · Şərh 

The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are meeting in St Petersburg to discuss the now two-decade-old conflict in the South Caucasus over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. After a bitter war during the breakup of the Soviet Union, Armenian forces occupied the mountainous region within Azerbaijan with the intention of protecting ethnic Armenians in the area.

The simmering stalemate pits Armenian Christians against Azerbaijani Muslims, with several lives lost on either side every year. But why should an obscure ethno-religious conflict concern us, and why is today’s meeting more significant than the numerous failed negotiation attempts of the past 20 years?
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