The late Armenian activist showed us the way to peace in the South Caucasus.
![Azerbaijani-born Armenian peace activist Georgi Vanyan died on October 15, 2021 [Screengrab/Youtube/Daha Yaxşı]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Georgi-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The late Armenian activist showed us the way to peace in the South Caucasus.
![Azerbaijani-born Armenian peace activist Georgi Vanyan died on October 15, 2021 [Screengrab/Youtube/Daha Yaxşı]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Georgi-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Sustainable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan can only be achieved through civil society-led reconciliation.
![Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during a press conference following a trilateral meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia [Mikhail Klimentyev/TASS via Getty Images]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/GettyImages-1230534686.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Azerbaijan may not be a liberal democracy but this does not mean that its Armenian citizens are in danger.
![In this photo provided by the Azerbaijan's Presidential Press Office on Oct 20, 2020, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev gestures as he addresses the nation in Baku, Azerbaijan [Azerbaijani Presidential Press Office via AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AP_20294565540611.jpg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)