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Armenia, [c] officially the Republic of Armenia, [d] is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. [ 12 ]
The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović visited Armenia and Azerbaijan, including the Karabakh region, from 16 to 23 October 2023, and published on 12 January 2024 her observations. Testimonies provided to the Commissioner by Karabakh Armenians reveal a deep-rooted fear for their lives and future amid armed ...
Southern Armenia (Syunik) is often referred to as "the backbone of Armenia" given that it connects Armenia both to Artsakh as well as to Iran. [129] With 80% of Armenia's borders being closed since Turkey and Azerbaijan's 30 year-long blockade, [130] the border with Iran comprises one of only two open international borders to Armenia. [129]
The Armenian highlands (Armenian: Հայկական լեռնաշխարհ, romanized: Haykakan leṙnašxarh; also known as the Armenian upland, Armenian plateau, or Armenian tableland) [2] is the most central and the highest of the three plateaus that together form the northern sector of West Asia. [2]
See Armenia in the Council of Europe. Armenia joined the Council of Europe on 25 January 2001. The Armenian Permanent Mission to the Council of Europe is based in Strasbourg, France. The Council of Europe maintains an Office in Yerevan, Armenia. The Council of Europe has recognized the Armenian genocide. Eurasian Economic Union: 2015
Detailed map of Armenia. Armenia is located in the southern Caucasus, the region southwest of Russia between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. [4] Modern Armenia occupies part of historical Armenia, whose ancient centers were in the valley of the Araks River and the region around Lake Van in Turkey. [4]
The blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh was an event in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.The region was disputed between Azerbaijan and the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan, which had an ethnic Armenian population and was supported by neighbouring Armenia, until the dissolution of Republic of Artsakh on 28 September 2023.
Armenia – landlocked mountainous country, located at the crossroads of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. A former republic of the Soviet Union , Armenia is a unitary , multiparty , democratic nation-state with an ancient and historic cultural heritage .