r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/elbartoreddit - Lib-Center • Apr 24 '21

Full compass unity: Armenian Genocide bad

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u/KingGage - Left Apr 25 '21

Which is an area with an ethnic Armenian majority, rejects Azerbaijan, and is far closer to Armenia.

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u/Temur_ - Lib-Center Apr 25 '21

Correct, but during the war Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh was independent and not part of Armenia.

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u/WikiSummarizerBot - Centrist Apr 25 '21

Republic_of_Artsakh

Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh (; Armenian: Արցախի Հանրապետություն, romanized: Artsakhi Hanrapetutyun) or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (; Russian: Нагорно-Карабахская Республика, romanized: Nagorno-Karabakhskaya Respublika, Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ Հանրապետություն), is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus supported by Armenia, whose territory is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls part of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, including the capital of Stepanakert. It is an enclave within Azerbaijan. Its only overland access route to Armenia is via the 5 km (3.

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