In Nagorno-Karabakh, Land Mines, Bulldozers and Lingering Tensions
The New York Times
Despite the hurdles, territory seized by Azerbaijan from Armenia in last year’s war is being transformed with breathtaking speed.
KELBAJAR, Azerbaijan — The medieval monastery walls are masked with camouflage netting. Machine-gun nests line the courtyard under a fluttering Russian flag. Cannons mounted on armored vehicles guard the mountainside where tour buses used to park. The two black-cloaked clerics who emerge are among this region’s last Armenians. “We don’t leave the gate without the peacekeepers,” said one of them, Archimandrite Mkhitar Grigoryan, referring to the stone-faced Russian peacekeeping soldiers the holy men now live with.More Related News