APRI Armenia President Lara Setrakian and Senior Research Fellow Benyamin Poghosyan write for POLITICO Europe, analyzing the impact of the Lachin Corridor blockade on the peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan facilitated by the European Union.
“The conflict needs a negotiated solution—not a forced capitulation at the cost of civilian lives. If Europe wants to save the peace deal, it needs to end the blockade. If the international community can’t find a way to keep all parties civil, however, it then needs to launch an airlift and find as many alternative supply routes as possible. Otherwise, it’s simply validating the use of a blockade as a negotiating tactic, which will either crash talks entirely, or lead to a fragile deal made under duress.”
