Can Azerbaijan Afford a Change of Format in the Peaceful Resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict?
By Ahmad Alili, Head of Research, Caucasus Policy Analysis Center, Baku
Baku softened its rhetoric on Karabakh following the Velvet Revolution in
Armenia. Nikol Pashinyan's statements however have disappointed Baku at a
time when its room for manoeuvre is limited.
For some time over the last months, it was noticeable that the Azerbaijani authorities were being careful in their speeches when commenting on developments with regard to the peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, choosing accommodating rhetoric toward the new government in Armenia. At their first informal meeting in Dushanbe, during the CIS summit in late September, Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev verbally agreed to reduce tensions on the line of contact, including by re-establishing the military-to-military hotline, something which the Azerbaijani side had previously rejected as a measure that strengthened the status quo. READ MORE
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