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Armenia and Azerbaijan consider peace talks as violence in Artsakh escalates

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While violence escalates in Artsakh, Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities have exchanged statements on initiating peace talks.

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Lillian Avedian

Lillian Avedian is the assistant editor of the Armenian Weekly. She reports on international women's rights, South Caucasus politics, and diasporic identity. Her writing has also been published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Democracy in Exile, and Girls on Key Press. She holds master's degrees in journalism and Near Eastern studies from New York University.

12 Comments

  1. Azerbaijan violates ceasefires and agreements to pressure
    Armenia to a “peace” deal( code for surrender).
    Time for Armenia to establish self-respect. Declare to Azerbaijan that there will be no peace talks until there is a complete cessation of violations and troop infringements.
    Wanting respect starts with self respect.

  2. Too late. The useless pretender, loser traitor Pashinyan, already gave up Artsakh. He wont even go there at the request of Azerbaijan, as that is who he takes orders from. He already declared these lands “as not ours”. He is all too gleeful and joyous that his incompetent war effort and lies, resulted in a major loss to the Armenian race and can now more freely implement his “great giveaway” as a means for “prosperity and peace”. And of course he will blame it all on others, the past, and everyone else but himself. UNITY IS THE ANSWER. ONE ARMENIA, ARTSAKH AND DIASPORA. The sooner we all rid the centuries old tribal mentality with its divisions, the better. The sooner we rid incompetent losers like Pashinyan the better.

    1. What makes you believe that Pashinyan isn’t that guy?

      The lands that went back to Azerbaijan (with the exception of Sushi) were considered to be a buffer zone to Artsakh.

      Kocharyan and Sargsyan weren’t going to give back anything because they were soldiers who fought in the war. Which I can understand. But this is no longer 1989-94.

      Do you honestly believe everything in the press with the war in Ukraine? There seems to be a lot of similarities between these wars.

    2. @ Peter, “Azerbaijan” is a made up fictitious gas station nation invented by European bankers that invested heavily in Caspian oil. They propped up the CUP in 1908 and facilitated the Armenian genocide. they didn’t want any hinderance to free flowing newly found black gold and so dressed as Turks decided upon the final Armenian solution. We know who these bankers are. Same people that deny the Armenia genocide till this day. The Treaty of Kars is also fictitious. Do you believe that Nakichivan is Azeri? It isn’t. Just more Asian invading Turkish tribes squatting on ancient Armenian lands via rape murder and theft pretending to be victims and waitingh for the perfect opportunity to rid the rest of what’s left of Armenia..

      As for Sargysyan and Kocharyan, I agree are equal traitors as they rigged elections and ran the country like their personal bank account, stealing and robbing Armenians because they could. This led to mass exodus. No excuses. However, they actually fought and liberated Armenian lands and if not would have seen complete destruction of the entire race. Remember the pogroms in Baku and Sumgaite? I do. Not only that they held these lands for 30 years and the people prospered and were stable. Also, its not that they didn’t want to compromise abut rather wanted Azerbaijan to acknowledge Artsakh as free and NOT PART of Azerbaijan. Something the Asian parasite didn’t want to ever entertain. Its no coincidence that as soon as the ultra useless incompetent loser traitor Pashinyan came to power that a war effort of the worst kind resulted in one of the worst run wars ever, with the Armenian Army disassembled and in kaos, lands lost and the death of 4500 Armenian souls. And with Armenians currently being held as Azeri prisoners while he released Azeri murderers with nothing in exchange. Azerbaijan is currently inside Armenia proper. That’s the guy you like? No thanks. ITS ALL HIS DOING. Bears TOTAL RESPONSIBILITY. Unity is the answer. One Armenia, Artsakh and diaspora all working as one. This is nothing the loser incompetent will ever entertain. Needs to be rid.

    3. I love how you use “unity” but because I’m “pro-pashinyan”my thoughts are void?

      30 years went by with negotiations and nothing got solved. Everyone is responsible for what happened.

      That’s like saying George W. Bush was solely responsible for the 2008 Mortgage Collapse. The 2008 Mortgage Collapse goes back to Clinton era with the Affordable Housing Act.

    4. @ Peter, 4500 Armenian souls were murdered BECAUSE of the pure incompetence of the current PM that is IN CHARGE. I’m not in charge. Do not blame me. I’m a patriot. Stop including “all of us”. Just another way to excuse the useless loser.

      BTW The Equal Housing Act NEVER EVER said anything about giving away free loans for nothing, no documentation needed. Have you ever read it? The real disaster came during George W’s tenure when he deregulated banks, allowing them to write toxic undocumented loans, a historical first, and sell them just to be able to then hedge against them in the form of derivative securities. Leaving disaster in its wake. His father did the same on August 9, 1989, the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act is signed into law by President George H. W. Bush in the wake of the Savings and Loan Crisis. Ween off Fox please. Its registered as entertainment not news. Its a tool to fool the masses for the benefit of the richest few on this planet.

  3. Russia is getting away with murdering Ukrainian people with no controls on Russia. So Azerbaijan believes it can do the same with Armenians. No country has gone to the defense of Armenians in the past, I believe, and will not now?

    1. Getting away?
      First of all, they’re not “murdering” Ukrainians. They have avoided urban combat, unlike the American carpet bombing in 2003.
      Second of all, Azerbaijan has been doing this since before Putin came to power. Stop with this Western centric view as everything revolving around “big bad Putin.”

  4. Very true. Why should anyone or any country should help Armenia and Armenians. Why?
    Because we have got no respect for ourselves. And look at Diaspora in so many pieces. There has to be a decision making process and taking action to influence the situations and circumstances. We can influence the situations that are forced upon us. But we need leaders in the Armenia but especially in the Diaspora with courage and strength of character to make decisions and take actions. We know what language Azeris understand. We don’t cut ears of people but they do. We have to remember what ROSDOM said, we have to work “miayn kordz” khoskere barab en yerp kordz chiga. And lets also remember the great Shahan Natali’s words which I am not going to put it here. we are going through a time where we need to bring back our real character. Just take action.

    1. West NAT0 US EU UN Responsible genocide made by them against christians serbians and with their help artficial states created name called Kosovo and Bosnia and European Countries recognize them.so how we armenians wait help from west while armenians suffer in middle east meanwhile arabs turks afghans enjoy freedom in europe you tell me ?

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