Option 2, via Black Sea ferry: Travel to Odessa by train, then take the ferry from Chornomorsk (near Odessa) to Batumi in Georgia, then a train to Tbilisi and another train to Armenia or Azerbaijan. Obviously currently affected by the war in Ukraine. Option 3, via Russia: Travel from ...
Another tragic event was the war with Azerbaijan in the early 90s, which took away the life of 80 thousand people. The war has been associated with the eastern region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Climate Due to the location in the subtropical zone, the climate of Armenia is continental. High altitud...
The issue of tiny but strategically placed Soviet-era enclaves in Armenia and Azerbaijan has come to the forefront of peace talks in recent months. The two countries have a total of four enclaves between them, including one Armenian exclave inside Azerbaijan and three Azerbaijani exclaves, control...
But first, Azerbaijan must “immediately end (its) aggression towards Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia," Pashinyan said. “We all perceive this as an existential threat to our nation, we basically perceive it as a war that was declared to the Armenian people, and our people are now simply forc...
Yerevan has repeatedly said that its alliance with Moscow does not stretch to the war in Ukraine, while Pashinyan has accused Russia of seeking to undermine his government. Armenia accuses Russia of failing to defend it against long-standing rival Azerbaijan, which has ...
The 1991 blockade of the country by Azerbaijan led to a fuel shortage that often left its industries at a standstill. Nuclear energy was shut down after the 1988 earthquake as well, but production was resumed after a few years for lack of other reliable sources of energy. The current trend...
including the visit to Shusha to participate in the inauguration of the self-proclaimed regime in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan, the provocative “Karabakh is Armenia” statement made in the occupied city of Khankendi, the introduction of a “new war for new territories” concept by the...
Armenia declared independence in 1991, but was at war with neighbouring Azerbaijan — a conflict that still rumbles today. The next 10 to 15 years were tough, as the country climbed out of poverty. So if you have never heard of Armenian wine, it’s because arguably the world’s oldest ...
established communities all over the world. Other diasporan Armenians left much more recently – during the war with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh between 1988 and 1994. Today, an estimated 7 million ethnic Armenians live outside of Armenia, with only around 3 million living inside the small ...
Blinken warned lawmakers Azerbaijan may invade Armenia in coming weeks EU, U.S. and Russia held secret talks days before Nagorno-Karabakh crisis Foreign Affairs The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict explained Foreign Affairs Under siege: Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of throttling supply lines ...