Nagorno-Karabakh

Related to Nagorno-Karabakh: Transnistria

Na·gor·no-Ka·ra·bakh

(nə-gôr′nō-kär′ə-bäk′, -bäKH′)

A mountainous region of western Azerbaijan. It was ceded to Russia by Persia in the early 1800s and organized as an autonomous region within Azerbaijan by the Soviets (1923). Conflict between Azeris and the majority ethnic-Armenian population in the 1980s resulted in Nagorno-Karabakh's unilateral declaration of independence in 1991. A ceasefire was declared in 1994.

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'Armenia will have to withdraw its troops from Nagorno-Karabakh sooner or later'

Russian military expert: "Armenian PM's latest statements on Nagorno Karabakh are political adventurism"

Although much was expected from the new government of Armenia in the face of the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who came to power after a velvet revolution last year's April, there was no tangible positive change in the process of resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Georgian expert: Armenia to lose war without external assistance

The OSCE Minsk Group was created by the Conference on Security and Cooperation in 1992 to provide a political solution and a peaceful settlement to the dispute, over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

OSCE Minsk Group: Proposals and Failure, the View from Azerbaijan

THE CPFA (Political Centre for Foreign Affairs- Brussels) organised, in collaboration with the Presidency of Armenia, an International Conference in Stepanakert for the celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh).

Nagorno-Karabakh: a frozen conflict

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Ambassador to Baku Mohsen Pakayeen called for sustainable ceasefire between Azerbaijan and Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Iran Calls for Enduring Peace between Baku, Yerevan over Nagorno-Karabakh

JEDDAH, April 6 (KUNA) -- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) announced on Wednesday that a forthcoming Islamic summit in Istanbul will address developments in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region, the scene of renewed clashes between Azeri and Armenian forces.

OIC: Istanbul summit to address Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

NNA - Incoming news from Nagorno-Karabakh are inaccurate for Azerbaijan has perpetrated multiple territorial violations of the autonomous republic as of April 2, Lebanese Armenian Tashnag party media outlet charged today.

Tashnag: Incoming news from Nagorno Karabakh are inaccurate

Fighting to the north: After 20 years of quiet on the ceasefire line between Azerbaijan and Armenian rebels in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, shooting broke out last week.

Fighting to the north

BAKU/YEREVAN, Shawwal 5, 1435, Aug 1, 2014, SPA -- At least 10 people were killed in skirmishes between Azeri government forces and ethnic Armenian separatists controlling the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh enclave of Azerbaijan, Reuters cited officials from both sides as saying on Friday.