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( Reuters)-The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia are both hopeful they can secure a lasting peace agreement despite their differences over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, they said in interviews broadcast on Tuesday. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan and Armenia have fought two wars over Nagorno-Karabakh, a small mountainous enclave that is part of Azerbaijan but populated by about 120, 000 ethnic Armenians. After heavy fighting and a Russian-brokered ceasefire,

( Reuters)-The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia are both hopeful they can secure a lasting peace agreement despite their differences over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, they said in interviews broadcast on Tuesday. Since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan and Armenia have fought two wars over Nagorno-Karabakh, a small mountainous enclave that is part of Azerbaijan but populated by about 120, 000 ethnic Armenians. After heavy fighting and a Russian-brokered ceasefire,

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Itisextremely important for Moscow tonavigate between Scylla and Charybdis, maintaining abalance inrelations with Armenia and Azerbaijan aswell aswith Turkey and Iran, and with partners inthe OSCE Minsk Group. There isnorational need tocreate additional tensions with the West over Karabakh until (a

Poland？s role in Central and Eastern European affairs has been strengthening. The country is a pillar of NATO？s presence in the region and is among Washington’s closest allies.

Russia’s exclusive influence in the region is being challenged by both external actors and regional states. This does not mean that Russia is exiting the South Caucasus, but its room for manoeuvre has significantly narrowed.

In his article, Dr. Vali Kaleji, a Tehran-based expert on Central Asia and Caucasian Studies, proposes the logic for including Iran, Russia and Turkey in the process of Karabakh peace talks that is way stronger than their participation in the Astana talks to resolve the Syria crisis.

Размещено на http://allbest. ru4Azerbaijan State Pedagogical University УДК 94(479.