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2023-12-31
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2023: CURRENT ISSUES OF BIO ECONOMICS AND DIGITALIZATION IN THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONS
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«Nagorno-Karabakh: The conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia»
Umurbaev Rustam Shakirjanovich
Keywords: Mobilization, several surrounding, sovereignty, acquisition, negotiations, determination.
Abstract
In autumn 2020, a six-week war fundamentally reshaped the dynamics of a decades-old conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh (or Mountainous Karabakh, also known in Armenian as Artsakh) and surrounding territories internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. Many observers assess that the autumn 2020 war began as an Azerbaijani offensive to retake at least some territories Azerbaijan lost to Armenian/Nagorno-Karabakh forces in the early 1990s, after the dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR, of which Azerbaijan and Armenia were both part). For the United States, the war and its aftermath raise policy issues regarding relations with Armenia and Azerbaijan, post-conflict assistance and settlement efforts, and regional power shifts and dynamics between NATO ally Turkey and Russia. Azerbaijanis and Armenians fought for control over Nagorno-Karabakh and other territories during a brief period of independence after Russia’s 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
References
Vasif Huseynov, «Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Ignites Again in Karabakh», Eurasia Daily Monitor, September 28, 2020.
Ann M. Simmons, «Azerbaijan Makes Gains in Conflict with Armenia, Setting Back Peace Efforts», Wall Street Journal, November 6, 2020. Joshua Kucera, «Fears of Civilian Exodus Rise as Azerbaijan Advances in Karabakh», Eurasianet, November 8, 2020.
Andrew Connelly, «Nagorno-Karabakh Refugees See Little Chance of Returning Home After Peace Deal», November 30, 2020; Associated Press, «Azerbaijan Fully Reclaims Lands Around Nagorno-Karabakh», December 1, 2020.
OHCHR, «Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict: Bachelet Warns of Possible War Crimes as Attacks Continue in Populated Areas», press release, November 2, 2020.
