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Witness urges U.S. to broker Armenia-Azerbaijan peace, press Turkey to open border
Summary
At a hearing of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, a visiting scholar urged U.S. leadership to help finalize a March 2025 Armenia-Azerbaijan peace agreement, called for Turkey to normalize ties and open its border with Armenia, and recommended U.S. diplomatic and economic engagement to counter Russian and Chinese influence.
A witness identified as a visiting scholar at the Khanig Endowment for International Peace and a former member of the Turkish parliament told the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe that the United States should take an active role in brokering a durable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan and press Turkey to normalize ties with Yerevan.
“These are challenging times,” the witness said, urging the commission to view the South Caucasus as “once in a generation opportunity for American leadership.”
The scholar said the March 2025 agreement on the full text of a peace accord between Armenia and Azerbaijan creates an opening for U.S. diplomacy. He warned that President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan remained hesitant to finalize the accord and was “seeking additional…
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