From 10 November 2020 until 15 October 2021 a total of 18,302 hectares (45,225 acres) of land was cleared by demining experts. As many as 22,230 items of unexploded ordnance, 17,426 anti-personnel mines and 8,755 anti-tank mines had been detected and destroyed.

EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Toivo Klaar, on Thursday (21 October)met in Yerevan with Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan. During the meeting Klaar assured the Armenian leader that the EU was ready to support the process of establishing an atmosphere of trust and dialogue in the region, which will contribute to peace and stability.

Whilst Georgia has long acted as an informal home for peace building initiatives between Armenia and Azerbaijan, its recent offer of its “good offices” shows a higher level of engagement. In this op-ed, Benyamin Poghosyan looks at what's behind this move, for KarabakhSpace.eu.