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1. New hope for Turkey-Armenia to heal old wounds

New hope for Turkey-Armenia to heal old wounds

Two historical adversaries edge towards rapprochement with an eye on opening trade routes to Central Asia and beyond

by Jonathan Gorvett

Asia Times, January 13, 2022

"...Now though, “We’ve come 180 degrees,” Hratch Tchilingirian, from the Faculty of Oriental Studies at Oxford University, told Asia Times, “and there’s a completely different context.”

Date:

2022-01-13

2. Why It Matters

... who now seeks to use Armenia as land access to trade with Azerbaijan. That access also provides Turkey a stronger foothold in the Caucuses, bordering Iran and just a little south of Russia. The fate of ...

3. The Syrian-Armenian 'refugee' jewellers of Yerevan

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4. Could Armenians remain a global nation with a broken homeland?

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5. Total Politics Magazine

... both east and west, that these traits are not its only obstacles to trade and commerce.   The country’s fractious relationship with its neighbours is bad for business. This is due to a bloody ...

6. Entrepreneurs Report on Socio-Economic Conditions

... its attendant blockade of fuel and supplies by Azerbaijan and Turkey, and the ongoing instability in Georgia which has limited important trade routes brought production nearly to a halt by 1992.  ...

7. Azeri and Armenian Sociologists Find Potential for Peacebuilding (2004)

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8. South Caucasus: A war-zone or a place for holidays?

...  strategic interests. For instance, it's very important for Armenia to have good relations with Russia for security and strategic reasons. Armenia also has trade and economic dependency on Russia, ...

9. First Woman and First Diasporan Ambassador builds vital bridges

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10. The Armenian community in Abkhazia Today

... on, and many of the buildings damaged during the war are still not repaired, especially in Sukhumi, the capital. Post-war Abkhazia is completely dependent on Russia. It carries on most of its trade with ...

11. Andranik Margaryan

... economic growth. The average annual GDP growth was 12.1 per cent between 2001 and 2005, compared to 5.1 per cent during the previous five years. Armenia joined the World Trade Organisation in 2003, stabilised ...

12. Aliyev Invites Kocharian

... the European Union (EU) at a conference in Brussels in May 1993 which brought together trade and transport ministers from eight of the TRACECA countries: five Central Asian republics, Armenia, Azerbaijan ...

13. Armenia: Foreign Relations

... Turkey has suggested that opening its Armenian border to trade would foster progress on Nagorno-Karabakh, although Aliyev appears unconvinced by this argument (see EEDB, September 10, 1997, I). No ...

14. The Nagorno Karabakh Conflict

... the fact that although the Armenian-Turkish border is closed, trade continues and Turkish goods are sold in Armenia. (Azg 2/3/95) Foreign Ministry According to a Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman, Ferhat ...

15. The Forgotten Diaspora: Bulgarian-Armenians after the end of Communism

... new generation, are coming around and integrating with us, especially through the Armenian school." The large community of Plovdiv’s Armenian newcomers is made up of middle class traders in open-air ...

16. The Forgotten Diaspora: Bulgarian-Armenians after the end of Communism

... new generation, are coming around and integrating with us, especially through the Armenian school." The large community of Plovdiv’s Armenian newcomers is made up of middle class traders in open-air ...

17. Dividing Jerusalem : Armenians on the line of confrontation

... in the world. The first Armenians reached Palestine in the wake of the Roman legions, as legionnaires, administrators, traders and artisans. More came in the middle of the first century BC, when the ...

18. Council of Europe Votes In favor of Armenia’s membership

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19. Integration: The Point of No Return

... kingdom, the clan moved to Julfa in northern Iran, which was a major trade center between Asia and Europe. Later generations moved to Isfahan, Upper Akulis, Geghargunik, Nakhichevan, Karabakh, St. Petersburg ...

20. Two Different Islands

... Britain, whose sole interests seemed to lie under the Caspian Sea off Azerbaijan. But, as one British diplomat in London put it, bilateral trade volume is one of the most important factors of British foreign ...