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Is a new war in Karabakh inevitable?

The uncertainty over the future of Nagorno Karabakh is likely to reignite hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Benyamin Poghosyan
New Eastern Europe

The Karabakh conflict remains one of the key hot spots in the post-soviet space. In the last 12 years, negotiations have been conducted within a narrow range of basic principles. According to them, territories outside the former Nagorno Karabakh autonomous region and currently controlled by the Nagorno Karabakh Republic should be returned to Azerbaijan with the exception of some sort of corridor to connect Armenia with Nagorno Karabakh. The final legal status of Nagorno Karabakh itself should be defined through a legally binding expression of will and refugees and internally displaced persons should have the right of return; furthermore, international security guarantees, including peacekeeping operations, should be provided.
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Shot fired from Azerbaijani side in Nakhchivan section was not targeted – Armenian defense minister

YEREVAN, JULY 22, ARMENPRESS. The shot fired by the Azerbaijani army in Nakhchivan section on July 17 was not targeted, Armenian Defense Minister Davit Tonoyan told reporters today.
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Wildfire in Nakhijevan spreads across the border into Armenia

Residents of Khachik borderline village in Armenia continue containing the blaze near the border with Nakhijevan in the second day of raging wildfires erupted in the autonomous republic. As the head of Areni community Hovik Smbatyan told Panorama.am, as of Tuesday afternoon the fires were extinguished in the territory of Armenia, yet locals continue to combat the blaze in the epicenter which is in the territory of Nakhijevan.
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This Year’s UNESCO Session Was an Insult to World Heritage

Djulfa, a sacred site for Armenian Christians, is disqualified from consideration because the host of this year’s UNESCO World Heritage Committee session, the government of Azerbaijan, has erased its existence and destroyed tens of thousands of Armenian cultural monuments.

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Simon Maghakyan
Hyperallergic
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Church built in 1381, destroyed in 2005

In 1381, an Armenian priest born in Crimea returned to his homeland and established the Monastery of Surb Karapet (Holy Precursor) in Abrakunis in the region of Nakhichevan.

By 2005 Azerbaijan destroyed the medieval church then built a mosque there in 2013. Today Azerbaijan is hosting UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee. #43whc

Photos by Argam Ayvazyan, Steven Sim, and anonymous tourist

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Embassy military attaché: Russian soldiers in Armenia closely follow military exercises in Nakhijevan

The servicemen from the 102nd Russian Military Base in Gyumri are closely following the military exercises in Nakhijevan. Andrey Grishchuk, Military Attaché of the Russian Embassy in Armenia, stated this at a press conference on Tuesday.
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Armenian FM: Issue of upcoming military drills in Azerbaijan raised within OSCE

The issue of upcoming military drills in Azerbaijan was raised within the OSCE, Armenian FM Zohrab Mnatsakanyan said on Thursday.
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Enemy Failed to Fortify Several Emplacements in Nakhijevan

In winter, being unable to ensure supplies, following the actions last year, the enemy failed to fortify several emplacements in the direction of the village of Hunot, Colonel Andranik Piloyan, commander of the fifth corpus of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia, told Razminfo.
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Colorado Senate recognizes Artsakh, commemorates Armenian Genocide

Colorado’s State Senate unanimously voted today to designate April 24 as “Colorado Day of the Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide” through a strongly-worded resolution that also recognized the Republic of Artsakh and the recent cultural genocide in Nakhichevan.
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Azerbaijan’s Destruction of Armenian Monuments Exceeds ISIS Crimes

“A groundbreaking forensic report tracks Azerbaijan’s destruction of 89 medieval churches, 5,480 intricate cross-stones, and 22,700 tombstones,” is the subtitle of an incredible article by Simon Maghakyan and Sarah Pickman, published in the Hyperallergic Magazine last week. The article is titled: “A Regime Conceals its Erasure of Indigenous Armenian Culture.”
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