Explainer-What is the status of peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan?

By Lucy Papachristou

TBILISI (Reuters) -Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday as the bitter rivals work towards a peace deal to resolve nearly four decades of conflict.

The two sides said in March they had agreed on the text of a draft peace agreement, but progress since then has been sporadic and slow.

Here is a look at the history of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan and…