The relationships among the three Caucasus countries are complicated by religious, language and cultural differences and by centuries of subjugation by invading armies.
As previously mentioned, Georgia is Georgian orthodox and Armenia is Armenian Apostolic, both Christian. Azerbijan is Shiite Muslim. This is our first Shiite country. [Iran is Shiite as is one third of Iraq. Hezbollah is a Shiite organization. Most of the rest of the Middle East is Sunni (eg. Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Oman, Sudan, Palestine).] Like the Orthodox Christian, Roman Catholic and Protestant sects, the differences are doctrinal, date back for centuries and have historically caused strife.
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