Artsakh Independence | Diplomacy | Normalization with Turkey | Gorbachev | Ep 161 - Sep 4, 2022

Armenian News Network - Groong Week in Review - Sep 4, 2022

Topics:
* September 2: Artsakh Independence Day
* September 2 is a public holiday commemorating the day 31 years ago when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic declared independence from the USSR. Before 2020, this would be a festive holiday. This year, there were protests in both Yerevan and Stepanakert as well as visits to the gravesites of fallen heroes.
* Developments in Geopolitics
* There were two major meetings this week between Armenia and Azerbaijan. On August 30, the deputy PMs met in Moscow, then on August 31, Pashinyan and Aliyev met in Brussels.
* “Normalization” with Turkey
* Next: we’ve read reports that the fifth meeting in the Turkish Armenian “Normalization” process will occur in September, so we'll discuss the pros and cons of that process with Prof. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan.
* Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev
* As Mikhail Gorbachev passed away this past week, we’ll talk to Prof. Ara Sanjian and also Ter-Matevosyan for their recollections of the years leading up to, and following the fall of Soviet Union in 1991.

Timings

00:00:00 Start
00:00:06 Intro
00:00:57 Topics
00:02:15 September 2 & Opposition Reboot
00:05:38 Geopolitics - Moscow Meeting
00:14:39 Geopolitics - Brussels Meeting
00:20:20 Geopolitics - Reactions to the Meetings
00:31:48 Geopolitics - Cavusoglu on Syria
00:41:00 Turkish Armenian “Normalization” - Vahram Ter-Matevosyan
00:58:48 Remembering Gorbachev - Ara Sanjian
01:11:45 Remembering Gorbachev - Vahram Ter-Matevosyan
01:18:27 Personal Rants - Hovik
01:20:02 End of rants and goodbyes
01:20:13 Closing note

Guest:
* Dr. Benyamin Poghosyan - TW/@Benyamin_Poghos
* Dr. Ara Sanjian
* Dr. Vahram Ter-Matevosyan

Hosts:
* Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan
* Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq

Episode 162 | Recorded: Sunday, September 4, 2022
Website: https://groong.org/podcasts/WiR-20220904.html