Armenia - Azerbaizan conflict

Question 1

What is unique about recent Cease-fire agreement?

Answer 1

Distinct for sending peacekeeping troops.

-for the wide ranged concessions Armenia accepted to avoid battlefield losses.

Question 2

What was the conflict all about?

Answer 2

• over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh
• Current conflict is worst after 1990
• Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as a part of Azerbaijan but is home to ethnic Armenians

Question 3

What is the story of Nagorno-Karabakh?

Answer 3

• Nagorno-Karabakh is part of Azerbaijan, but its population is majority Armenian
• in the 1980s, Nagorno-Karabakh voted to become part of Armenia
• War started->Ceasefire in 1994.
• Since then it’s part of Azerbaijan but is controlled by separatist ethnic Armenians backed by the Armenian government.
• Armenia is majority Christian while Azerbaijan is majority Muslim. Turkey has close ties to Azerbaijan, while Russia is allied with Armenia – although it also has good relations with Azerbaijan.

Question 4

location

Answer 4

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