Armenian PM Urges Quick Border Demarcation to Prevent War with Azerbaijan
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan warned that failure to compromise with Azerbaijan over the return of four disputed villages could lead to war by the end of the week. The villages, held by Armenia since the early 1990s, are of strategic value and a precondition for a peace deal to end the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Pashinyan has signaled willingness to return Azerbaijani land and reroute Armenia's road network, as talks for a formal peace treaty have become bogged down. The situation has also led to Armenia pivoting its foreign policy towards the West, causing tensions with its traditional ally, Russia.