PODCAST: With Deputy Foreign Minister of Karabakh Armine Aleksanyan

The Deputy Foreign Minister of Karabakh, or the Republic of Artsakh, joins the show. Armine Aleksanyan was born in Karabakh and is a graduate of both the Artsakh State University and the Diplomatic Academy of London at University of Westminster. She began her work in the foreign ministry in 2000 and has been serving as Karabakh’s deputy foreign minister since 2015.

Ms. Aleksanyan discusses the challenges of being both a deputy foreign minister and a citizen of an unrecognized state, interactions with the Diaspora, prospects for peace, and her own journey into diplomacy.

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