{"id":522,"date":"2023-12-12T12:36:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T12:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iasquest.com\/?p=522"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:27:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:27:30","slug":"armenia-azerbaijan-agree-to-take-steps-towards-normalization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kingmakersiasacademy.com\/current-affairs\/armenia-azerbaijan-agree-to-take-steps-towards-normalization\/","title":{"rendered":"Armenia, Azerbaijan agree to take steps towards normalization."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Republic of Azerbaijan is situated in the<strong> east of the South Caucasus<\/strong>. Our country\u2019s area is <strong>86.6 thousand square kilometers.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Republic has common borders with <strong>5 countries.<\/strong> These are the Turkish Republic, the Russian Federation, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the Armenian and the Georgian republics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Caspian Sea border<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Caspian Sea is in the east of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan has water boundaries with <strong>Russia, Iran, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Russian Federation is in the north of Azerbaijan. The length of our border with this country is <strong>390 km.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Islamic Republic of Iran is in the south of Azerbaijan. With Iran, we have <strong>765km-long border.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The state of Georgia is in the north-west of Azerbaijan. The length of our border with Georgia is <strong>471 km. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our country has borders with Armenia in the west and south-west. The length of the border with this country is 1007 km. Historically, Azerbaijani Turks had lived in the territories now called the <strong>Republic of Armenia. <\/strong>However, Armenians have forced them out of their homes. Not a single Azerbaijani is now living in the Republic of Armenia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Azerbaijan has a border with the Turkish Republic in the south-west. 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