Armenia the most peaceful country in the region

British newspaper The Guardian published the rating of peaceful countries. Out of 149 countries evaluated, Armenia took 113th place and, in the list, it was the leading south Caucasian country. Azerbiajan is in 119th and Turkey is 126th with Georgia 142nd and Russia 143rd.

Of the former Soviet Union territories, the most peaceful country is Lithuania in 43rd place, then comes Estonia – 46th place and Latvia – 54th place. The leader among the top countries is New Zealand, followed by Iceland, Japan, Austria, Norway, Ireland, Luxemburg, Denmark, Sweden and Finland. At the bottom is Pakistan, Somalia and Sudan.