Currently, Armenia has occupied the area since 1994. I want to start with the professor to get context here. on Monday that young people had gathered in Akhalkalaki to register as volunteers for the war. Yeah, so. Our Daily Digest brings Democracy Now! As fighting continues between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, we look at the roots of the conflict that has … Radio Nor, based in Ninotsminda, reported on Monday that young people had gathered in Akhalkalaki to register as volunteers for the war. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan described Armenia as the biggest obstacle to long-term peace in the region during a September address to the United Nations. And Karabakh was inhabited by more than 90% Armenians. to your inbox each morning. And these are people who have been there for generations. AMY GOODMAN: Well, we’re going to have to leave it there, but we will continue to follow this conflict, Professor Stephan Astourian, at University of California, Berkeley. Russian journalists were hurt. This does not imply a position on their status. Some Georgians expressed concern and disapproval on Facebook over Georgian nationals ‘choosing sides’ along ethnic lines. The city doesn’t have gas. And the level of support from Turkey? It has bought more than $10 billion in armaments since 2014. For ease of reading, we choose not to use qualifiers such as ‘de facto’, ‘unrecognised’, or ‘partially recognised’ when discussing institutions or political positions within Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and South Ossetia. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. Why aren’t there other observers and fact-finding missions in Artsakh to also report on the human crisis that’s happening there? So, this is the key moment. STEPHAN ASTOURIAN: Yes, I will address that very concisely. Renewed fighting appears to be a carry-over from July, with each side accusing the other of starting it. The first day, there was a problem with the internet and communication. Is there confirmation of these reports? Targeting of journalists — we came to a point where we decided to take off the sign that says “press” from our car, because the Azerbaijani communication was that when journalists go to Artsakh — well, they never use “Artsakh” — Nagorno-Karabakh, that’s basically Azerbaijan, and they do not have permission from us to be there, therefore they’re fair targets. Turkey wants to have a foothold in the South Caucasus to have a say there. For more, we’re joined by two guests. So, Turkey’s participation is no secret at all. We have experienced that over and over again, every day, when we were in Stepanakert. A spokesperson for the Embassy came out and thanked them for their support. , an Akhaltsikhe-based news site quoted one local resident as saying. But the main ones are Israel, Russia and then Turkey. Tensions between the two rivals—who fought a war from 1988-1994—threaten to heat up again over Armenia’s occupation of the Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan wants back. And then there is the Turkish factor, that has pushed this war forward, encouraged it, and is leading it, actually. Georgia’s relative strength is likely to be in people-to-people diplomacy and facilitating informal or lower-level contact between officials and policymakers from Armenia and Azerbaijan”. In an address to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Facebook, Suleymanov wrote that ‘they’ were ‘ready for any call  for the sake of the territorial integrity of our national state named Azerbaijan and our great motherland named Georgia’. Since the outbreak of renewed hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan, a number of politicians in Georgia with Armenian and Azerbaijani backgrounds have voiced strong support to one of the sides. Fifth Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who on 28 September insisted Nagorno-Karabakh was the ‘sovereign territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan’, also faced criticism. This was the period when the former independent republics of Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan had been Sovietized. “You enter into the capital, Stepanakert, and the lights are off. So, we have essentially two totally divergent views of the negotiations. Armenia and Azerbaijan have both claimed that the other is using foreign mercenaries. As President Trump arrived in Orange County Sunday afternoon to attend an event, the Armenian community and supporters held a rally demanding Trump sanction Turkey and Azerbaijan and stop funding war crimes with US tax dollars And I also kind of want to talk about that when we’re talking about the conflict and we’re talking about the negotiations and the history, we are often forgetting that there are 150,000 people living there currently. And, you know, if there is a conflict zone, this is one. Can you talk about what you want to see come out of this, and the significance of Nagorno-Karabakh as a petrol-rich region? But there have also been reports of Turkish officers and special forces being directly involved in the conflict. Explain what was the trigger for this latest conflict. A little bit about the situation. "This is not to say that the new escalation was provoked by Turkey, but it undeniably contributed to Azerbaijan's tougher position amid the stalled talks," Markedonov said in his commentary. And from Afrin, they are transported to Sanliurfa, formerly known as Urfa, and then transferred to Aizerbaijan. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh, as we turn now to the ongoing fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, where hundreds of soldiers, dozens of civilians have been killed since the conflict erupted on September 27. ‘As Armenian citizens of Georgia, we are in full solidarity with Artsakh and Armenia and are ready to provide any possible or impossible help’, European Georgia’s Arsen Karapetyan wrote on Facebook. About 1,500 of them were brought in, and then more batches of these people. And I’m not talking about — it’s not only Stepanakert. She is a writer, a photojournalist with the nonprofit news outlet EVN News — EVN Report, where she has been reporting from Nagorno-Karabakh. Support us today and join us in the fight for a better Caucasus. It is clear that this is coming from the intelligence services of Russia. , another Javakheti-based news site, reported that police told protesters they needed permission to take the tires to Armenia. Those who had two pairs of pants brought the second one to send to Armenia. Azerbaijan is not part of that alliance, but is backed by NATO member Turkey. Turkish-backed Syrian mercenaries are also reportedly fighting in the region. The city is in complete darkness, and everyone is in bunkers and shelters,” says reporter Roubina Margossian, who has been reporting from the region. Azerbaijan could also have been emboldened by support from Turkey. Armenia and Azerbaijan Are at War Again—and Not in Nagorno-Karabakh Powered by Israeli weapons, Azerbaijan is facing off against Armenia far … “But just how bad depends on how the situation develops. It is estimated that there are 600, approximately, military personnel, Turkish military personnel; at the level of a battalion tactical group, 200; instructors, 50; military advisers, 90, in Baku; 120 flight personnel at the Gabala airbase; 20 drones operators; and so on. With a predominantly ethnic Armenian population, the enclave sought to unite with the then-Soviet republic of Armenia and declared independence from Azerbaijan, another Soviet republic. They were collaborating with the Kemalist Turks at that time. residents of Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki, in Southern Georgia, confronted border police who were attempting to stop them from sending a convoy of aid to Armenia. Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan but is controlled by ethnic Armenians, was the site of a bloody conflict in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. There were frequent intermarriages between Armenian and Georgian royal and noble families, and both ethnicities intermingled in several border areas. In an award-winning documentary, TRT World’s Oubai Shahbandar embeds with the Azerbaijan military and travels to the frontlines with Armenia. Gathering at the Armenia-Georgia border on 28 September. Also on Monday, around a dozen people held a demonstration in Tbilisi in support of Azerbaijan, marching to the Azerbaijani Embassy. “Russian access to Caucasia has been ensured through Armenia. Demonstrators again marched from Heydar Aliyev park to the Embassy of Azerbaijan in Georgia. Since then, there have been periodic skirmishes along the border, including clashes in July that killed at least 16 people. Two days later, in another escalation, Armenia's Defense Ministry said one of its jets had been shot down by a Turkish F-16, which Turkey and Azerbaijan denied. This is all fine, of course. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will meet with the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia on Friday. The most important news stories of the day, curated by Post editors and delivered every morning. President Aliyev, you know, he’s not even accepting a referendum for Karabakh. On Sunday, Ruslan Gajiev, a local Georgia Dream MP, hailed Azerbaijan’s military advances. I checked the sites, Azerbaijan sites. In late September, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, “Any statements on military support or military activity unambiguously add fuel to the fire, and we are categorically opposed to this.”. But nevertheless, we persevere. OC Media has reached out to Gajiev for comment. Now, why the conflict now? In a TV address, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said Armenia's policy was "a new war for new territories". PRIME MINISTER NIKOL PASHINYAN: [translated] We should realize that the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, at least in this stage, and starting from this stage, for a long time has no diplomatic solution. These are not new settlers. Well, President Aliyev has just rejected that in the past and just yesterday. The renewed hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh have received a mixed response from Georgia’s ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijani communities. On Tuesday another demonstration of Azerbaijanis living in Georgia. So, that’s a bit about the situation in [inaudible]. In 1992, after the Soviet Union collapsed, a full-scale war broke out between the two new ­countries over control of the mountainous region. The conflict could destabilize the South Caucasus region — Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia — which serves as a corridor for pipelines transporting oil and gas to world markets.

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