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News<\/p>\n<p>                          World<\/p>\n<p>                          Azerbaijan<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Armenia and Azerbaijan civil societies hold new round of broad talks to advance peace process<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative u-max-width-1280 u-margin-x-auto\" data-video='{\"id\":\"xa59m8u\",\"articleId\":2885483,\"title\":\"Armenia and Azerbaijan civil societies hold new round of broad talks to advance peace process\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/41\/40\/65\/01\/SHD_PYR_4140651_20260411191651.mp4\",\"programId\":\"world\",\"player\":\"dailymotion\",\"geoBlock\":[\"\"],\"sources\":[],\"description\":\"Armenian and Azerbaijani representatives met for the fourth round of talks as part of the so-called Peace Bridge Initiative to advance the historic peace process between the two South Caucasus neighbours.\",\"isLive\":false,\"articleUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/video\/2026\/04\/11\/armenia-and-azerbaijan-civil-societies-hold-new-round-of-broad-talks-to-advance-peace-proc\",\"duration\":92920}' data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/85\/94\/1536x864_cmsv2_7d9201ee-a6bf-53d9-b51e-079232e6889c-9718594.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A roundtable held with the participation of Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society representatives as part of the \u201cPeace Bridge\u201d initiative.\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              A roundtable held with the participation of Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society representatives as part of the \u201cPeace Bridge\u201d initiative.<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Euronews<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Euronews\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspNadira Tudor\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1775935171\">\n         Published on<br \/>\n            <time datetime=\"2026-04-11 21:19:31 +02:00\">11\/04\/2026 &#8211; 21:19 GMT+2<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center 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Armenian and Azerbaijani representatives met for the fourth round of talks as part of the so-called Peace Bridge Initiative to advance the historic peace process between the two South Caucasus neighbours.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>The picturesque town of Gabala in northwest Azerbaijan hosted the fourth round of civil societies talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan representatives as the two countries continue to build on their process of peaceful future together after decades of tragic conflicts.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Amernia and Azerbaijan established together the so-called Peace Initiative Bridge format shortly after the two former foes signed their historic peace agreement in Washington DC. The Peace Initiative Bridge includes multiple participants from the two countries\u2019 civil society who visit each other to conduct the ongoing peace dialogue by addressing all common issues openly and in an atmosphere of trust.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id data-event=\"widget_related\">\n<div class=\"c-widget-related__title\"><b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b><\/div>\n<ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n<li class=\"c-widget-related__item\">Baku sets peace agenda with Armenia for 2026, highlighting progress on the ground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In an answer to Euronews, Armenia\u2019s Areg Kochinyan, president of the Armenian Council and the Armenian coordinator of the Peace Initiative Bridge, said the two countries have to deal with a \u201cgigantic amount of trauma,\u201d as both nations are making significant efforts to move on as part of their historic peace agreement.<\/p>\n<p>However, he added that \u201cthe normalistion and the peace in South Caucuses is well-needed in the West, in Europe, in the United States and that\u2019s partially the reason why we have seen this level of interest of the United States in the region.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>On Azerbaijan\u2019s side, Farhad Mammadov, director of the Center for Studies of the South Caucasus and Azerbaijan\u2019s coordinator of the Peace Initiative Bridge, said that \u201cthe conflicts in the region did not have a negative effect on the peace-building process.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a two-way peace-building process and it is autonomous,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>The focus of Saturday\u2019s meeting in Gabala was on building momentum for the ongoing peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. <\/p>\n<p>Armenia\u2019s Lusine Kharatyan, writer and cultural anthropologist as well as member of the Peace Bridge Initiative, told Euronews that \u201cit is extremely important to continue these talks in this world where violence and conflict grows around us, so it\u2019s very important to keep the track of peace.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the talks went very well because we were able to discuss very important and sensitive issues for both societies and do it very deeply and very sensitively towards each other,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-euronews\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n<figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n<div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n        \n      <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Eleonora Sargsyan from Armenia, a youth worker and member of the Peace Bridge Initiative said that \u201cfor 30 years, we\u2019ve lived with closed borders and we haven\u2019t had the chance of structured dialogue, which created a framework of mutual dehumanisation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that one of the primary objectives of peacebuilding initiatives and any civil society initiatives that untites Armenian and Azerbaijani experts is to start the process of rehumanisation.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>In its turn, Azerbaijan\u2019s representatives underlined the importance to both countries to deepen the dialogue at civil society level. <\/p>\n<p>Orkhan Amashov, Azerbaijan\u2019s participant of the Peace Bridge Participant, described the discussions as being \u201cincredibly comprehensive and wide-ranging.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe participants here are to prepare their respective societies for that ultimate eventuality \u2013 a peace agreement \u2013 and its consequences.\u201d , he added. <\/p>\n<p>Ramil Iskandarli, chairman of the Board of Azerbaijan\u2019s National NGO Forum, and member of the Peace Bridge Initiative, described the symbolism of both sides crossing each other\u2019s borders for peace talks. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth I and (the) other group members crossed the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia twice and our Armenian colleagues did the same to come to Gabala,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cthis particular meeting is important because it represents the fourth step actually. I am participating from the very first day of this process,\u201d underlining that \u201cthere is also a certain symbolism in this process.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Energy disruption has become a dominant challenge due to the global climate of instability also due to Iran\u2019s Strait of Hormuz blockade crisis, which has shifted attention to the South Caucasus as a critical alternative route that Azerbaijan and Armenia are now working together to develop as a joint opportunity. <\/p>\n<p>Hikmet Hajiyev, foreign policy advisor to the president of Azerbaijan, led Saturday\u2019s peace talks and greeted each participant.<\/p>\n<p>In a post on X after the talks, he announced that Azerbaijan is \u201cfully committed to the Washington agenda\u201d of the peace process and that \u201cthis commitment is not merely declarative or confined to paper; rather, concrete and pragmatic steps are being taken to strengthen the peace agenda,\u201d in the context of both countries continuing the development of the major regional project of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, also known as the TRIPP corridor, which is a US-backed, 42-kilometre transit corridor through Armenia&#8217;s Syunik region which connects Azerbaijan to its Nakhchivan exclave. <\/p>\n<p>Hajiyev underlined the fast developing economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Armenia stating that \u201cthese include bilateral trade, transit shipments to Armenia via Azerbaijan, and people-to-people contacts, all of which reflect the concept of the economic dividends of peace.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The participants concluded the Gabala talks agreeing that continued dialogue is an important step in maintaining communication between the two sides. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                          Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-partage-commentaire__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center 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The Peace Initiative Bridge includes multiple participants from the two countries\u2019 civil society who visit each other to conduct the ongoing peace dialogue by addressing all common issues openly and in an atmosphere of trust.In an answer to Euronews, Armenia\u2019s Areg\u00a0Kochinyan,\u00a0president of the Armenian Council and the Armenian coordinator of the Peace Initiative Bridge, said the two\u00a0countries have to deal\u00a0with a\u00a0\u201cgigantic amount of\u00a0trauma,\u201d as both nations are making significant efforts to move on as part of their historic peace agreement.However, he added that\u00a0\u201cthe\u00a0normalistion\u00a0and the peace in South Caucuses is well-needed in the West, in Europe, in the United States and that\u2019s partially the reason why we have seen this level of interest of the\u00a0United\u00a0States in the region.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0On Azerbaijan\u2019s side, Farhad Mammadov,\u00a0director of the\u00a0Center\u00a0for Studies of the South Caucasus\u00a0and Azerbaijan\u2019s coordinator of the Peace Initiative Bridge, said that\u00a0\u201cthe\u00a0conflicts\u00a0in the region did not have a negative effect on the peace-building process.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThis is a two-way peace-building process and it is autonomous,\u201d he added.\u00a0\u00a0The focus of Saturday\u2019s meeting in Gabala was on building momentum for the ongoing peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan.\u00a0\u00a0Armenia\u2019s\u00a0Lusine Kharatyan, writer and cultural anthropologist as well as member of the Peace Bridge Initiative,\u00a0told Euronews that \u201cit is extremely important to continue these\u00a0talks\u00a0in this world where violence and conflict\u00a0grows\u00a0around us, so it\u2019s very important to keep the track of peace.\u201d\u00a0\u201cI think the talks went very well because we were able to discuss very important and sensitive issues for both societies and do it very deeply and very sensitively towards each other,\u201d she added.\u00a0\u00a0Eleonora Sargsyan from Armenia, a youth worker and member of the Peace Bridge Initiative said that \u201cfor 30 years, we\u2019ve lived with closed\u00a0borders\u00a0and we haven\u2019t had the chance\u00a0of \u00a0structured\u00a0dialogue, which created a framework of mutual dehumanisation.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u201cI\u00a0believe that one of the primary\u00a0objectives\u00a0of peacebuilding initiatives and any civil society initiatives that\u00a0untites\u00a0Armenian and Azerbaijani experts is to start the\u00a0process of\u00a0rehumanisation.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0In its turn, Azerbaijan\u2019s representatives underlined the importance to both countries to deepen the dialogue at civil society level. \u00a0Orkhan\u00a0Amashov, Azerbaijan\u2019s participant of the Peace Bridge Participant, described the discussions as being \u201cincredibly comprehensive and wide-ranging.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0participants here are to prepare their respective societies for that\u00a0ultimate eventuality \u2013 a peace agreement \u2013 and its consequences.\u201d ,\u00a0he added.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Ramil\u00a0Iskandarli,\u00a0chairman\u00a0of the Board of Azerbaijan\u2019s National NGO Forum, and member of the Peace Bridge Initiative,\u00a0described the symbolism\u00a0of both sides crossing each other\u2019s borders for peace talks.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cBoth\u00a0I and (the) other group members crossed the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia twice and our Armenian colleagues did the same to come to Gabala,\u201d he said.\u00a0He added that \u201cthis\u00a0particular meeting\u00a0is important because it\u00a0represents\u00a0the fourth\u00a0step\u00a0actually. I\u00a0am\u00a0participating\u00a0from the very first day of this process,\u201d\u00a0underlining that \u201cthere is also a certain symbolism in this process.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Energy disruption has become a dominant challenge due to the global climate of instability also due to Iran\u2019s Strait\u00a0of Hormuz blockade crisis, which has shifted attention to the South Caucasus as a critical alternative route that Azerbaijan and Armenia are now working together to develop as a joint opportunity.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Hikmet\u00a0Hajiyev, foreign policy advisor to the president of Azerbaijan, led Saturday\u2019s peace talks and greeted each participant.In a post on X after the talks, he\u00a0announced that Azerbaijan is \u201cfully committed to the Washington agenda\u201d of the peace process and that \u201cthis commitment is not merely declarative or confined to paper; rather,\u00a0concrete\u00a0and pragmatic steps are being taken to strengthen the peace agenda,\u201d in the context of both countries continuing the development of the major regional project of the Trump Route for International Peace and\u00a0Prosperity, also known as the TRIPP corridor, which is a US-backed,\u00a042-kilometre\u00a0transit corridor through Armenia&#8217;s Syunik region\u00a0which connects\u00a0Azerbaijan to its\u00a0Nakhchivan\u00a0exclave.\u00a0\u00a0Hajiyev underlined the fast developing economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Armenia stating that \u201cthese include bilateral trade, transit shipments to Armenia via Azerbaijan, and people-to-people contacts, all of which reflect the concept of the economic dividends of peace.\u201d\u00a0The participants concluded the Gabala talks agreeing that continued dialogue is\u00a0an important step\u00a0in\u00a0maintaining\u00a0communication between the two sides.\u00a0\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2026\/04\/11\/armenia-and-azerbaijan-civil-societies-hold-new-round-of-broad-talks-to-advance-peace-proc&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/71\/85\/94\/1200x675_cmsv2_7d9201ee-a6bf-53d9-b51e-079232e6889c-9718594.jpg&#8221;] Europe News Viktor Orb\u00e1n: From young dissident to Europe&#8217;s most polarising leader Europe News Insider to rival: how Magyar became Orb\u00e1n&#8217;s most serious challenger Top News Stories Today Latest news bulletin | April 11th, 2026 \u2013 Evening World News Ukraine and Russia exchange prisoners ahead of Orthodox Easter truce Europe News Viktor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[226,36],"class_list":["post-1877660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","tag-crawlmanager","tag-euronews-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1877660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1877660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1877660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1877660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1877660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}