Armenia–Pakistan relations

Armenia-Pakistan relations

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Armenia–Pakistan relations refers to international and bilateral relations between Armenia and Pakistan. Due to Pakistan's close ties with Turkey and Azerbaijan, relations with Armenia are poor. Pakistan is the only country that does not recognize Armenia as a state.[1][2]

The main issue is the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The Nagorno-Karabakh region is mainly populated with ethnic Armenians after war, but is not recognised by any nation (except Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, which too lack the recognition of most nations) as being de jure inside the borders of Azerbaijan. Pakistan had supported Azerbaijan during and after the Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Because of its close relations with Armenia's adversaries (Turkey and Azerbaijan), Pakistan is one of few countries to recognize the Khojaly Massacre, allegedly carried out by Armenia against Azerbaijani people, as genocide.[3] Being the second country after Turkey to recognize Azerbaijan, Pakistan has close relations with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan supports Pakistan's stand on the Kashmir conflict. Armenia has friendly relations with India, and supports India very strongly on the Kashmir conflict.

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  1. ↑ Nilufer Bakhtiyar: "For Azerbaijan Pakistan does not recognize Armenia as a country" 13 September 2006 [14:03] - Today.Az
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20090219074354/http://foreignaffairscommittee.org/includes/content_files/Report%2021%20-%20Visit%20to%20Azerbaijan.pdf
  3. ↑ Abbasov, Shahin (28 February 2012). "Azerbaijan: Baku Presses Genocide Recognition Campaign for Khojaly" – via EurasiaNet.
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