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The Lachin corridor. Photo: Ani Avetsiyan/OC Media.

Pashinyan confirms the city of Lachin to be handed to Azerbaijan

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Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has confirmed that the city of Lachin and other nearby Armenian-inhabited villages will be handed over to Azerbaijan once an alternative road connecting Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh is complete. In an online press conference that lasted over three-and-a-half hours, Pashinyan dedicated considerable time to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The press conference was boycotted by most local media organisations, who have accused the government of editing and d

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‘Enhanced security’: Armenian settlers in Nagorno-Karabakh

by Armine Avetisyan

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The authorities in Nagorno-Karabakh are hoping to incentivise more people to settle in the sparsely populated areas of Nagorno-Karabakh to encourage economic growth and strengthen its sense of security. However, the unresolved conflict with Azerbaijan casts shadow on these plans. Levon, who now resides in Yerevan, has been thinking of moving to Nagorno-Karabakh for over a year. He is 24 years old and studies at the National Polytechnic University of Armenia. A communications engineer