Helsinki Commission publishes report on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

  16 June 2017    Read: 4173
Helsinki Commission publishes report on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Helsinki Commission, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe published a brief report on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
According to the report, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia is remains one of the world’s most intractable and long-standing territorial and ethnic disputes. Its fragile no-peace, no-war situation poses a serious threat to stability in the South Caucasus region and beyond.

The conflict features at its core a fundamental tension between two key tenets of the 1975 Helsinki Final Act: territorial integrity and the right to self-determination. As part of the Helsinki Commission’s continued engagement on security challenges across Europe and Eurasia, this short primer on the conflict lays out the conflict’s origins and recent evolution, as well as the role of key players including Russia, the United States, and the OSCE.

The conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh since 1994 remains unresolved to this day, and, outbreaks of fighting erupt periodically along the 160-mile so called 'contact line'. Since 1994, there have reportedly been over 7,000 ceasefire violations.

You may read the full report HERE.


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