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| The major security issue in these states is the
continuing dispute over the tiny, barren, but strategically important
Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, a dispute that has involved
Turkey and Russia also. The recent troubles started in 1988, when the
Armenian majority in Nagorno-Karabakh appealed to Moscow to join Armenia.
But in 1991, the region rejected unification with Armenia and declared
complete independence in 1992. Armenia seized parts of the region in
the ensuing conflict, which left over 15,000 people dead. The situation
remains unresolved, but the OSCE is confident of making progress. Organisations
UNDP
Armenia
UNDP Azerbaijan
OSCE Armenia
mission
OSCE Azerbaijan
Other links
SAFER-Net
factsheet on small arms in Azerbaijan
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