“We are now in the process of making an independent and sovereign state, and it’s a very important moment. It might be risky and painful,” warned Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan at the end of September.
One of the “painful” decisions has been Armenia’s willingness to actually negotiate a normalisation with Azerbaijan – and to separate this peace process from talks over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Almost a month after Azerbaijan’s attack, Armenia’s Security Council announced on 12 October that there would be a peace deal between the two countries, as well as border demarcation, by the end of the year. But no mention of Nagorno-Karabakh was made.
