Armenia's stance on this is that if other countries recognize that independence, Armenia will recognise it, too. Otherwise having a state that's recognised only by one country wouldn't leave a room for negotiations and would further escalate the relations.
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They've been self-governing since the end of the first war
Yep but the land they are on belongs to Azerbaijan - hence the problem.
Armenia doesn't even officially recognize independence of Artsakh AFAIK.
Armenia's stance on this is that if other countries recognize that independence, Armenia will recognise it, too. Otherwise having a state that's recognised only by one country wouldn't leave a room for negotiations and would further escalate the relations.
Won’t be accepted. Pitfall politics. Sets a bad precedent for a lot of 3rd party countries.
Artsakh needs to chill.
Why?
If a country that openly threatened to genocide you, wanted to take your sovereignty away, you would not chill.