Armenia

The West's Two-Pronged Approach

The South Caucasus is again the focus of intense diplomacy. The European Union is launching an observer mission on October 1 in a bid to oust the remaining Russian troops from Georgian territory outside Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The United States, meanwhile, has dispatched Deputy Undersecretary of State John Negroponte to Azerbaijan -- a vital link in the oil and gas transit that bypasses Russia.