Armenia–Pakistan relations

The international and bilateral relations between Armenia and Pakistan are poor. Pakistan is the only country in the world that does not recognize Armenia as a state.[1] Primary causes of the two countries' diplomatic rift are the Armenian Genocide and the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[2] Since the 1970s, Pakistan has supported Turkey's position that the Armenian Genocide did not occur.

Armenia-Pakistan relations

Armenia	Pakistan

The Nagorno-Karabakh region is mainly populated by ethnic Armenians, but is internationally recognised as inside the borders of Azerbaijan. The self-declared Republic of Artsakh, which de facto controls the region with Armenia's support, is only recognised by Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, all of which themselves lack diplomatic recognition by most nations. Pakistan had supported Azerbaijan during and after the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Due to its close relations with Armenia's adversaries, Turkey and Azerbaijan, Pakistan considers the Khojaly massacre to be a genocide.[3]

Pakistan was the third country, after Turkey and Romania, to recognize Azerbaijan, and has close relations with that country. Because of the perceived pro-Azerbaijan and pro-Turkey policies implemented by Pakistan, Armenia has developed friendly relations with India, and supports the Indian position on the Kashmir conflict.[4]

At the end of 2016, Armenian–Pakistani relations further deteriorated, and Armenia vetoed Pakistan's bid for observer status in the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Parliamentary Assembly.[5][6][7]

See also

• Foreign relations of Armenia
• Foreign relations of Pakistan
• Armenians in Pakistan

References

1. "Nilufer Bakhtiyar: "For Azerbaijan Pakistan does not recognize Armenia as a country"". Today.az. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
2. Hairenik (29 November 2016). "Armenia Finally Counters Pakistan's Anti-Armenian Policies". Armenianweekly.com. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
3. Abbasov, Shahin (28 February 2012). "Azerbaijan: Baku Presses Genocide Recognition Campaign for Khojaly". Eurasianet.org. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
4. "Pakistan rules out diplomatic ties with Armenia until liberation of Azerbaijani lands". Azernews.az. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
5. "Pakistan-Armenia Friction Has Intensified – Jamestown". Jamestown.org. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
6. Kucera, Joshua (29 November 2016). "Armenia Nixes Pakistan's Ties With CSTO". Eurasianet.org. Retrieved 8 October 2017 – via EurasiaNet.
7. "Opinion: «Armenia can block the cooperation between Pakistan and the EEU". Rusarminfo.ru. Retrieved 8 October 2017.

External links

• "Pakistan and the World (Chronology: April–June 2005)", in: Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 58 (2005), No. 3, pp. 121–169. JSTOR.
• Shannon O'Lear & Robert Whiting: "Which comes first, the nation or the state? A multiple scale model applied to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in the Caucasus", in: National Identities, Vol. 10 (2008), No. 2, pp. 185–206. Taylor & Francis Online.