Striking employees at Armenia’s Zangezur mine meet with management and fail to reach agreement
The Zangezur mine, the largest taxpayer of Armenia, has not been operated since last Friday.
Armenia has been struck by political unrest since the peace deal to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh was agreed on between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Russia.
According to the deal, Armenia will hand control of several territories to Azerbaijan but the final status of Nagorno-Karabakh is undefined. Russian peacekeepers have already entered Nagorno Karabakh to oversee the deal.
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