The crushing defeat suffered by the Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh at
the hands of the Azerbaijani military backed by Turkey and an assortment of
Syrian and Libyan mercenaries has caused a cascade of political, diplomatic,
security and humanitarian crises in Armenia and in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Literally overnight, tables were turned and Armenians, who had emerged
victorious in the 1990s, during the First Karabakh War, had to accept a
humiliating ceasefire to cut their losses.
(Canadian-Armenian
journalist Raffi Elliott is pictured in this photo taken on Nov. 2 in the
Armenian village of David Bek, which had been repeatedly shelled by the
Azerbaijani military during the latest war. Photo courtesy of Raffi
Elliott)
Radio Canada International spoke about the challenges facing Armenia and what
remains of the Armenian-populated breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, now
protected by about 2,000 Russian peacekeepers, with Raffi Elliott. He is a
Canadian-Armenian journalist and entrepreneur based in Yerevan, Armenia. We also
spoke about the prospects of peace between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
Duration: 34 minutes 8 seconds