https://podcasts.groong.org/tags/1991-alma-ata-declaration/Recent content in 1991 Alma Ata Declaration on Groong PodcastHugoen-usThu, 07 May 2026 01:18:31 +0000https://podcasts.groong.org/286-benyamin-poghosyan-new-war-relations-with-russia-artsakh-conflict-negotiation-platforms/Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:15:00 -0400https://podcasts.groong.org/286-benyamin-poghosyan-new-war-relations-with-russia-artsakh-conflict-negotiation-platforms/<h2 id="at-the-brink-of-new-war">At The Brink of New War?</h2> <p>There is a variety of troubling news, mostly in western sources, of an impending new war being planned by Azerbaijan. A risk that we cannot exclude and must consider.</p> <p>The major news pieces confirming this are:</p> <ul> <li>On Monday, October 9, Armenia’s ambassador to the EU, Tigran Balayan, <a href="https://www.azatutyun.am/a/32629979.html">warned</a> of an “imminent” attack by Azerbaijan unless the collective west takes action</li> <li>The on Friday (October 13), Politico.eu, citing two people familiar with the matter, informed that Blinken had <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/13/blinken-warned-lawmakers-azerbaijan-may-invade-armenia-in-coming-weeks-00121500">warned</a> a group of lawmakers that Azerbaijan may attack Armenia in the coming weeks in order to physically take the so-called “Zangezur corridor” <ul> <li><a href="https://www.azatutyun.am/a/32639245.html">Azatutyun</a>, <a href="https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1121999.html">Armenpress</a> and <a href="https://168.am/2023/10/15/1944676.html">168.am</a> carried the State Department’s denial of this news. Initially the State Department gave a very <a href="https://armenpress.am/eng/news/1121967/">political response</a> to the query, but Politico stood by its reporting.</li> <li>When the Iranian Foreign Ministry was asked about the Politico report, they <a href="https://alphanews.am/en/azerbaijan-must-answer-this-question-irans-foreign-ministry-on-azerbaijans-possible-attack-on-armenia/">responded</a>: “‘Azerbaijan must answer this question”</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p>Just today, Oct 17, in a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugkGn_5P_mU&amp;t=951s">speech</a> in the European Parliament, Pashinyan made references to undisclosed “experts” that Azerbaijan does not recognize the territorial integrity of Armenia, which according to him consists of 29.8K sq. km., in order to prepare the grounds for military aggression.</p>https://podcasts.groong.org/watch/286-benyamin-poghosyan-new-war-relations-with-russia-artsakh-conflict-negotiation-platforms/Tue, 17 Oct 2023 00:15:00 -0400https://podcasts.groong.org/watch/286-benyamin-poghosyan-new-war-relations-with-russia-artsakh-conflict-negotiation-platforms/<h2 id="episode-summary">Episode Summary</h2> <p>At the Brink of a New War? Relations with Russia. Platform Shuffle: Brussels vs. Moscow. Update on Yerevan Mayor.</p> <div class="watch-notes"> <a class="watch-notes-button" href="https://podcasts.groong.org/286/"> Go to Episode Notes </a> </div>