Editing Eastern Europe (section)

====Caucasus states====
{{Main|Caucasus}}
The [[South Caucasus]] nations of [[Armenia]], [[Azerbaijan]], and [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.un.org/dgacm/|title=Department for General Assembly and Conference Management &#124;|website=www.un.org|access-date=2021-04-25|archive-date=2021-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419164537/https://www.un.org/dgacm/|url-status=live}}</ref> are included in [[Boundaries between continents|definitions]] or histories of Eastern Europe. They are located in the transition zone of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. They participate in the [[European Union]]'s [[Eastern Partnership]] program, the [[Euronest Parliamentary Assembly]], and are members of the [[Council of Europe]], which specifies that all three have political and cultural connections to Europe. In January 2002, the [[European Parliament]] noted that Armenia and Georgia may enter the EU in the future.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.libertas-institut.com/de/PDF/Armenia%20ante%20portas.pdf | title = How Armenia Could Approach the European Union | access-date = 27 February 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080428045333/http://www.libertas-institut.com/de/PDF/Armenia%20ante%20portas.pdf | archive-date = 28 April 2008 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Citation | url = https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//TEXT+REPORT+A5-2002-0028+0+DOC+XML+V0//EN&language=EN | title = European Parliament on the European Union's relations with the South Caucasus | access-date = 2020-07-02 | archive-date = 2020-07-02 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200702131223/https://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-%2F%2FEP%2F%2FTEXT+REPORT+A5-2002-0028+0+DOC+XML+V0%2F%2FEN&language=EN | url-status = live }}</ref> Georgia and Armenia are seeking EU membership, with Georgia also seeking NATO membership alongside.
 
* [[Armenia]] 
* [[Azerbaijan]]
* [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]

There are two de facto [[List of states with limited recognition|republics with limited recognition]] in the South Caucasus region that exist under the presence of Russian military. Both states participate in the [[Community for Democracy and Rights of Nations]]: 
* [[Abkhazia]]
* [[South Ossetia]]

Former republics with limited recognition:
* [[Chechen Republic of Ichkeria]] (1991–2000) – existed in former Soviet territory until it was driven into exile during the [[Second Chechen War]]
* [[Republic of Artsakh]] (1991–2023) – breakaway state from Azerbaijan that ceased to exist by 1 January 2024<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sauer |first1=Pjotr |title=Nagorno-Karabakh's breakaway government says it will dissolve itself |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/nagorno-karabakh-separatist-government-says-dissolve-azerbaijan-armenia |work=The Guardian |date=28 September 2023 |access-date=28 September 2023 |archive-date=15 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231115231542/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/nagorno-karabakh-separatist-government-says-dissolve-azerbaijan-armenia |url-status=live }}</ref>