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Some have called it the 'frozen conflict'.
A long-standing dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
But fighting that began on Saturday is threatening to destablise the region. At least 30 soldiers from both sides have been killed.
It is the worst violence since a 1994 truce ended a war in which Armenian-backed forces seized the territory from Azerbaijan.
The region of Nagorno-Karabakh is predominantly ethnic Armenian, and placed under Azerbaijan control in 1922 by then Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin.
The Armenian population of this mountainous, landlocked enclave began a push for unification with Armenia.
And as the Soviet Union broke up, a full scale war began in 1991.
The Armenians took control of Nagorno-Karabak in 1994 - after the deaths of around 30-thousand people.
So, what’s the impact of this renewed tension between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
Presenter: Martine Dennis
Guests:
Daniel Hamilton - Political Commentator on eastern European and South Caucasus affairs.
Sergey Strokan - Political Commentator at the daily newspaper, Kommersant.
Marcus Papadopoulos - Editor of Politics First magazine.
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