Armenia: pro-West party wins election

The traumatic loss of the Nagorno-Karabakh region to Azerbaijan has not been forgotten, notes Il Manifesto:

“Having initially aligned himself with the prevailing nationalists at the start of his career, Pashinyan is now attempting to transform this national trauma into a vision for the future: the doctrine of the ‘real Armenia’ he promotes envisages renouncing all territorial claims and seeking reconciliation with Baku, as well as with neighbouring, former (?) arch-enemy Turkey. Added to that is his promise of ‘peace’ (the slogan of his election campaign) and, in effect, the prelude to a historic re-balancing of power in the Caucasus – a development which, incidentally, is catching the attention of investors and foreign ministries around the world.”