The Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty is only considered a victory in Azerbaijan

This appeared in The Millennial Source

As the new treaty is viewed as a surrender by many in Armenia, this ceasefire may not last either.

After six weeks of military conflict resulting in thousands of deaths and displaced residents, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a peace treaty on November 9. The peace deal, which officially took effect at midnight on Tuesday, November 10, local time, was celebrated in Azerbaijan. In Armenia, however, the uneasy truce has been met by protests, anger and fear of what comes next.

The fighting involved a region known as Nagorno-Karabakh in Azerbaijan, or Artsakh in Armenia. The region has been a source of conflict between the two nations for decades, but up until this year, there had been an on-and-off ceasefire between the countries. As the new treaty is viewed as a surrender by many in Armenia, this ceasefire may not last either.

The end of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh

The conflict between Armenian and Azerbaijan officially began on September 27 when Azerbaijan’s military forces moved into Nagorno-Karabakh. Though that region has been internationally recognized as being part of Azerbaijan, it has, until this peace treaty, been overwhelmingly filled…