Could the war in Iran lay a path for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan?

About this episode

The episode discusses how the Iran war is influencing reconciliation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, highlighting the potential for a new trade corridor.

The Iran war is adding impetus to reconciliation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as the region seeks to position itself as a new trade corridor between Europe and energy-rich central Asia, with the conflict highlighting Europe's energy dependency on the volatile Middle East. Addressing the European Parliament earlier this month, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared that, with the Iranian conflict on its border, efforts would be stepped up to realise a trade route with Azerbaijan. The United States-brokered TRIPP project , negotiated by United States President Donald Trump last August, is seen as key to reconciling the two countries, after decades of conflict over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh enclave. With both Armenia and Azerbaijan bordering Iran, the conflict is providing a powerful impetus for cooperation. “This war in Iran has fostered much more of a localised regional identity where, despite the wars and the conflicts of the last several decades, Armenia, Turkey , and Azerbaijan are actually banding together,” said Richard Giragosiyan, director of the Regional Studies Center , a think tank based in the Armenian capital, Yerevan. “Now is the one…

Topics covered

• Iran war
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• trade corridor
• energy dependency

Keywords

• reconciliation
• Nagorno-Karabakh
• European Parliament
• TRIPP project

Mentioned in this episode

Products: TRIPP project

Books & works: 'The Trump Road

Places: Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Europe, Asia, Middle East, United States, Nagorno-Karabakh, Turkey, Yerevan

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