Ceasefire begins between Armenia and Azerbaijan
The decision for a ceasefire was agreed upon after eleven grueling hours of talks between Lavrov and his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts – Z.G. Mnatsakanyan and D.A. Bairamov.
The decision for a ceasefire was agreed upon after eleven grueling hours of talks between Lavrov and his Armenian and Azerbaijani counterparts – Z.G. Mnatsakanyan and D.A. Bairamov.
Any move to all-out war could drag in major regional powers Russia and Turkey. Moscow has a defence alliance with Armenia, which provides vital support to the enclave and is its lifeline to the outside world, while Ankara backs its own ethnic Turkic kin in Azerbaijan.
The countries of Central Asia and the South Caucasus are facing an unprecedented challenge. Their traditional partners in the West are distracted. That leaves China as the sole remaining potential source of help to the struggling region.