Azerbaijan - Armenia relations

Adviser to Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the self-styled Republic of Artsakh

24 Sep 2023 2 3

Ruben Vardanyan

Inserted 7 months ago

“They are basically saying to us that we need to leave, not stay here, or accept that this is a part of Azerbaijan - this is basically a typical ethnical cleansing operation.”

Former top official in Karabakh's ethnic Armenian administration

20 Sep 2023 2 4

Ilham Aliyev

Inserted 7 months ago

“After the surrender of the criminal junta, this source of tension, this den of poison, has already been consigned to history. The region's [Karabakh] ethnic Armenians will enjoy full educational, cultural and religious rights. All ethnic groups and faiths would be united as one fist - for Azerbaijan, for dignity, for the Motherland.”

President of Azerbaijan

19 Sep 2023 3 1

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“We are interested in starting negotiations and signing a peace agreement [with Azerbaijan]. We are not refusing and will not refuse to talk about this. If we speak about unveiling a new era of peaceful development, it would be illogical to say that we do not wish to hear about a peace agreement. We aren't rejecting discussions. What are all of these negotiations about? Among other things, about possible provisions of a peace agreement.”

Interfax

Prime Minister of Armenia

24 Dec 2021 2 2

Ilham Aliyev

Inserted 2 years ago

“Today we had a very detailed and I would say frank conversation on issues of border delimitation and demarcation and unblocking of transport arteries. We openly discussed our plans, we openly discussed issues that cause concern with both sides. The most important thing is that the decisions that we've made in the issue of settling disputes, differences will contribute to a more secure and predictable situation in the South Caucasus. In Azerbaijan we feel like turning over the page of many years of confrontation with Armenia and begin a stage of normal interaction. I think our meeting will lead to good results that won't make us wait for too long.”

President of Azerbaijan

27 Nov 2021 4 3

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“This wasn't a meeting to hide problems. I think that we can expect concrete results if we manage to build on the dynamics of our talks.”

Prime Minister of Armenia

26 Nov 2021 1 2

Benyamin Poghosyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“The Azerbaijan strategic goal is to establish at least de facto control over Syunik province. President Aliyev of Azerbaijan has stated many times publicly that Syunik province artificially separates the Turkic world spanning from Istanbul to Kazakhstan.”

Yerevan-based political scientist

19 Nov 2021 5 3

Fuad Shahbaz

Inserted 2 years ago

“Yerevan is not ready for concessions on a transit route and I guess Baku lost patience. It was hoping to resolve the issue before the winter during a planned November meeting in Moscow which was postponed.”

Military analyst from Baku

19 Nov 2021 2 2

Arman Tatoyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“The blockade of the Goris-Kapan road or the so-called Azerbaijani border and customs checkpoints will cause violations of the rights of the civilian population and severe humanitarian issues, including the isolation of a number of civilian communities.”

Armenia’s Human Rights Defender

19 Nov 2021 6 1

Olesya Vartanyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“The current daily problem is that troops of opposite sides do not have communication with each other. The same is between Azerbaijani and Armenian Joint Staffs. When one side observes several big trucks with soldiers, he right away suspects possible preparations for an assault. There is no way to check before starting an attack.”

Senior analyst for the South Caucasus region at Crisis Group

19 Nov 2021 3 2

Elnur Mammadov

Inserted 2 years ago

“We believe the conflict should be put behind us and we should now look into confidence and trust building. You cannot live in a state of war foreve.”

Azerbaijan’s deputy foreign minister

15 Oct 2021 3 2

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“In my recent speech in the United Nations, I stated that the issue of Nagorno-Karabakh is awaiting its solution, and I can say that we have hailed several times the statements by the OSCE's Minsk Group about the necessity to regulate the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and reestablish the peace process.”

Prime Minister of Armenia

04 Oct 2021 5 2

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“Armenia is ready for a constructive dialogue, which should lead to the establishment of sustainable and lasting peace in the region. We propose to complete the process of the return of prisoners of war, hostages, and other captives without delay. It is also necessary to resume the peace process for the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs.”

Prime Minister of Armenia

24 Sep 2021 5 3

Daria Isachenko

Inserted 2 years ago

“In the early 1990s, one of the core obstacles to relations was the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh and strong opposition from Azerbaijan to any rapprochement between Ankara and Yerevan. With the status quo now changed after Armenia's defeat, Azerbaijan does not object anymore.”

Research associate at the Centre for Applied Turkey Studies (CATS)

02 Sep 2021 3 3

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“I call on the international community and my proposal is also directed at the leadership of Azerbaijan. Let's agree that the military units from both sides rapidly move away from the border and return to their permanent bases, and station international observers from Russia or other countries in the OSCE Minsk Group.”

Prime Minister of Armenia

27 May 2021 3 2

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“Yesterday an agreement was reached that today Azerbaijan's armed forces should leave Armenian territory. This agreement has been partially fulfilled; there are territories that the Azerbaijanis did indeed leave. But, since the agreement was not fulfilled completely, today I have approached the president of Russia...for military assistance.”

Prime Minister of Armenia

14 May 2021 2 1

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 2 years ago

“It is an encroachment on the sovereign territory of the Republic of Armenia. This is an act of subversive infiltration.”

Prime Minister of Armenia

13 May 2021 1 2

Nikol Pashinyan

Inserted 3 years ago

“If someone says that the opening of these roads is beneficial only for Azerbaijan, do not believe it. If someone says that the opening of transportation is beneficial only for Armenia, do not believe it either. The opening of transportation, especially in this situation, is beneficial for both Armenia and Azerbaijan. It is in Azerbaijan's interest because it should get transportation with Naxcivan; it is in Armenia's interest because we need a reliable railway link with the Russian Federation and the Islamic Republic of Iran.”

Prime Minister of Armenia

20 Mar 2021 5 4

Osama Bin Javaid

Inserted 3 years ago

“Azerbaijanis are saying according to the United Nations, this land belongs to them … there is a sense disappointment and anger in Azerbaijan about the scenes [burning homes] they are seeing. They are saying the Armenians are vandalising something which did not belong to them in the first place,”

Al Jazeera’s journalist reporting from Azerbaijan

14 Nov 2020 2 3

Hoda Abdel-Hamid

Inserted 3 years ago

“There is a great sense of loss amongst the few remaining. They are chopping wood and taking whatever they have left and join their families across the border in Armenia. They are desperately scared about what could happen next.”