Who is who in the triangleArmenia, Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) and Azerbaijan are all countries in the South Caucasus. Armenia and the Armenians in Karabakh were against the decision but could do nothing about it. The Azerbaijani authorities, however, responded to the Karabakh people’s determination with massacres and deportations they masterminded and perpetrated in a number of settlements. The Soviet Army then moved to rid Karabakh of Armenians, with Artsakh resolving to fight against the Soviet and Azerbaijani forces. Not once has the Prime Minister declared that any settlement to the conflict must be acceptable for the peoples of Armenia, Karabakh and Azerbaijan.