Word: azerbaijan
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...Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia this week signed a deal to pump oil to the West through a pipeline that will bypass both Russia and Iran. Where is that oil drilled...
...wiser about what really motivated the attack. "We wanted to save the Armenian people from perishing and restore its rights," Unanian said, but he articulated no clear political agenda or complaint. Although Unanian was known for his nationalist views and hard line on Armenia?s conflict with neighboring Azerbaijan, so was Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian, whom he shot at point-blank range. In the end, all the gunmen demanded were guarantees for their personal safety. But the military wants heads to roll in the cabinet, and that could put it on a collision course with the government...
...Russia. Armenia's strategic significance is underscored by the fact that U.S. undersecretary of state Strobe Talbott held five hours of talks with Sarkisian and President Robert Kocharian on the very day of the shootings, discussing the vexing question of Nagorno-Karabakh. The predominantly Armenian enclave inside neighboring Azerbaijan sparked a war between the two countries following the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Talbott had been discussing a settlement to the unresolved conflict. Russia will be watching with interest because of the complex struggle for influence along the route of the pipeline pumping Caspian Sea oil to the West...
...Some will be bigger winners than others," Cejka said, explaining that Azerbaijan stands to benefit more than the other nations in the Caspian region...
Several audience members stressed the depth of the ethnic strife between Azerbaijan and Armenia, particularly over Nagorno-Karabagh, an Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan...