Should Armenia ever agree to such a demand from Azerbaijan to end the current fighting, there would remain little, if anything, for there to be subsequently negotiated (Photo: Timon91)

War in Nagorno-Karabakh – the ceasefire that never was

EU & the World

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by Will Lavender, Brussels,

Great hopes and optimism were placed in the ability for a Moscow-brokered ceasefire to hold this weekend.

Such misplaced optimism highlights an unwillingness to accept what the current problem actually is.

Azerbaijan has tired of negotiations and concluded that its aims are best served, at least for now, by the use of force. Convincing it otherwise is the real task at hand.

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Will Lavender is senior policy and advocacy officer at the European Friends of Armenia.

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Should Armenia ever agree to such a demand from Azerbaijan to end the current fighting, there would remain little, if anything, for there to be subsequently negotiated (Photo: Timon91)