• @Hirom@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    It’s almost comical to see Blinken’s big smile and both Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers’ long faces.

    Both being equally unhappy hopefully means they’re onto a fair compromise.

    • petrescatraianOP
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      Jeyhun Bayramov’s face (right) seems to show both a straight face and a discrete smile, depending on how you look at it.

      @Hirom@beehaw.org wrote:

      Both being equally unhappy hopefully means they’re onto a fair compromise.

      Now I understood your comment. Indeed, it seems so. It is a rather historical moment as the two nations are now free to negotiate a settlement without getting any foreign powers pursuing trivial interests in the area (hopefully Turkye will mind it’s bussiness as well). Being both backed by the West now really helps, and it really shows how Russia is not actually a stabilizing factor, as Moscow likes to brag, but rather a destabilizing one.

      Otherwise, it could have already pushed for a settlement itself already since the '90s, without sending troops in the area.

      I am hopeful, as this could lead both countries on actual collaboration and development, which ultimately benefits their ordinary citizens.