WASHINGTON — A lobbying firm that's a registered agent of the Turkish government is trying out a new argument during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the U.S. this week: the Russians are coming, and Armenia is helping them.
Ethnic tensions have long divided predominantly Christian Armenia and mostly Muslim Azerbaijan, and war between them erupted as the Soviet Union fell. The dispute has continued to simmer since a 1994 cease-fire, with occasional flare-ups of violence.
YEREVAN (Sputnik) — On Saturday, Armenia and Azerbaijan noted a sharp escalation of the situation in the mountainous Nagorno-Karabakh area, with both sides accusing each other of violating the ceasefire that has been in place since 1994.
WASHINGTON — A lobbying firm that's a registered agent of the Turkish government is trying out a new argument during Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the U.S. this week: the Russians are coming, and Armenia is helping them.
Ethnic tensions have long divided predominantly Christian Armenia and mostly Muslim Azerbaijan, and war between them erupted as the Soviet Union fell. The dispute has continued to simmer since a 1994 cease-fire, with occasional flare-ups of violence.