Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is a long-running territorial and ethnic dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the predominantly Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh region in the South Caucasus, marked by periods of intense warfare and fragile ceasefires.

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instanceOf armed conflict
ceasefire agreement
ceasefire agreement
de facto state
ethnic conflict
mediation group
military offensive
territorial dispute
war
war
alsoKnownAs Republic of Artsakh
cause disputed Soviet-era borders
self-determination of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians
territorial claims over Nagorno-Karabakh
ceasefireAgreement 9 November 2020 trilateral statement
Bishkek Protocol
conflictBetween Armenia
Azerbaijan
endTime 10 November 2020
1994
hasPhase 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
historicalContext dissolution of the Soviet Union
involvesCountry Iran
Russia
Turkey
involvesEntity Republic of Artsakh
surface form: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
involvesEthnicGroup Armenians
Azerbaijanis
locatedInContinent Asia
Europe
locatedInRegion South Caucasus
mainRegion Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
surface form: Nagorno-Karabakh
mediatedBy Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
surface form: OSCE Minsk Group
partOf Nagorno-Karabakh conflict self-linksurface differs
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict self-linksurface differs
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict self-linksurface differs
relatedEvent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Nagorno-Karabakh War
resultedIn civilian casualties
destruction of infrastructure
large-scale displacement of civilians
signedBy Armenia
Azerbaijan
Russia
signingDate 1994
sponsoredBy Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
startPeriod late 1980s
startTime 1988
27 September 2020
status largely frozen between 1994 and 2020
topicOf European Parliament
surface form: European Parliament resolutions

United Nations Security Council resolutions

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Lachin conflict Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
this entity surface form: First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Lachin region Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
this entity surface form: South Caucasus conflict zone
Hadrut roleIn Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
Hadrut ethnicTensions Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
this entity surface form: Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict
Caucasus borderland hasHistoricalEvent Nagorno-Karabakh conflict