Armenia receives most of its gas supplies from Russia and, like some other republics of the former Soviet Union, has faced sharp increases in prices. Armenia has registered strong economic growth since 1995, with growth rates in double digits in the last 6 years. Armenia is not a major exporter of conventional weapons, but has provided substantial support, including equipment, ethnic Armenian separatists in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh lies within Azerbaijan's borders.
Armenia and Azerbaijan continue to observe the ceasefire, which has been in place since May 1994 and the end of 1995 has also agreed to OSCE field representatives, which is based in Tbilisi, Georgia, to monitor the ceasefire and facilitate the peace process. Armenia is a tribal society, which means thatthe social unity and political arelooselyorganized, old tribe disappears after the introduction of new, dependingon the situation.
Armenia reputation as a stable and democratic country troubled region has been
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