The OSCE Minsk Group concluded an official visit to the South Caucasus where the Co-Chairs Andrew Schofer (United States), Igor Popov (Russia), Stephane Visconti (France) and the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Andrzej Kasprzyk met with the heads of state of Armenia(15 October),de facto Nagorno Karabakh (16 October) andContinue Reading
As an update to the situation, several new theories have emerged putting into doubt the initial hypothesis that Armenian conscript Arayaik Ghazarian abandoned his military position and fled to the Azeri side due to beatings. Area of occurrence along the southern segment of the line-of-contact The Azeri side has stayedContinue Reading
Source: “Armenia, Azerbaijan seem ready for dialogue on Nagorno-Karabakh issue – Russian ministry “, TASS, 10 MAY 2019 *all opinions expressed are those of the original author and do not necessarily reflect the opinions or stance of Nagorno Karabakh Observer. Moscow can see that Baku and Yerevan areContinue Reading
Source: Abrahamyan, Eduard “Rationalizing the Tonoyan Doctrine: Armenia’s Active Deterrence Strategy”, Eurasia Daily Monitor, Vol. 16 Issue 64, 02 MAY 2019 *all opinions expressed are those of those of the original author. Even as Armenia and Azerbaijan have intensified their diplomatic contacts over the future status of the latter’s breakawayContinue Reading
On 29 March, the Heads of state of Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan respectively, meet for their first official meeting in Vienna under the auspices of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) organised by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs Igor Papov, Andrew Schofer and StéphaneContinue Reading
The de facto Nagorno Karabakh (NK) President Bako Sahakyan received Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on what was the latter’s official visit to Stepanakert. On 12 March, the Security Council’s of both leaderships headed by Sahakyan and Pashinyan met for consultations on a series of issues. Both sides agreed onContinue Reading
SOURCE: KALFAYAN, PHILLIPPE RAFFI “The Minsk Process: Behind the Words and Principles”, The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, 07 MAR 2019 *all opinions expressed are those of those of the original author. The new Armenian government claims positive developments in the settlement process of the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute, and officials offer smiling facesContinue Reading
On 22 January the World Economic Forum of this year celebrated in Davos, Switzerland became the scene of a non-official meeting between the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azeri President Ilham Aliyev. This was the first meeting between the two leaders this year, which constituted an unofficial meeting onContinue Reading
The acting Armenian Prime Minister (PM) Nikol Pashinian paid an official visit to Stepanakert to meet with his counterpart Bako Sahakyan. The two discussed bilateral co-operation between Armenia and Karabakh. Present during the meeting were other high-ranking government and military officials from both sides. Among the issues discussed were militaryContinue Reading
Footage and satellite imagery from the past several months highlight demolitions of ethnic-Armenian churches, homes, residential buildings and even a village in Nagorno Karabakh. The demolitions were carried out by Azerbaijan’s government, now fully in control of the territory. The entire Armenian population of 120,000 fled to Armenia proper
Mayors of the three major cities of former Nagorno Karabakh, have been arrested by Armenian authorities coinciding with a growing opposition movement with whom they may have been associated with. The mayor of Karabakhi capital Stepanakert, and those of Askeran and Martakert cities have been detained by Armenian authorities. Stepanakert
On 24 May, 2024, Armenia’s Defence Ministry reported that the country’s prime minister nominated five colonels to be promoted to the rank of major general. This is one of the highest numbers of officers promoted to such ranks in one act in recent years. These career advancements possibly indicate loyalty,
Azerbaijan’s defence minister receives large Turkish delegation headed by the country’s deputy defence minister and the heads of numerous Turkish defence firms. The two sides discussed further military coop. including joint weapons production. Interestingly, Turkish general Bahtiyar Ersay appears in a complete Azeri military uniform on Azerbaijan’s side of the
In January 2024, footage emerged of what appear to be Azeri military personnel in the ethnic-Armenian village of Hakaku, Nagorno Karabakh (NK). The village, along with the entire territory of NK were overran by Azerbaijan’s military during it’s offensive in September 2023. One of the first sources of the footage
Since approximately 2020, mystery aircraft have been spotted flying around Azerbaijan’s northwestern Dallar airbase, 30 km from Armenia’s border. They were spotted a month prior to the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war and had been seen numerous times since. The aircraft had not been able to be explicitly identified through open
