What next for Armenians? Regional rivalries on display after Nagorno-Karabakh takeover

Ethnic Armenians are also wary of Ilham Aliyev's choice of company and location for that offer of reassurance: Azerbaijan's own enclave inside Armenia, Nakhchivan. Baku has a backer: Turkey and its leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The pair were in Nakhchivan for talks on Monday. With traditional mediator Russia showing the cold shoulder these days to Yerevan, what are the prospects for EU-sponsored talks and, more broadly, for a peace that can last?

Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Juliette Laurain and Imen Mellaz.

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