The roads have seen better days and probably so too have the villagers, but if plans to establish a regional peacebuilding center in the small ethnic Azeri village of Tekali (Tekalo) come to fruition (See Hopes for an Armenia-Azerbaijan peacebuilding center in Georgia), that might all change in the future. Situated just 29 kilometers from the Georgian border with Azerbaijan, and 10 kilometers from the crossing into Armenia, those behind the project say it is necessary. Locked into a bitter conflict over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, attempts to mediate between Armenia and Azerbaijan under the auspices of the OSCE Minsk Group have failed to produce any significant breakthrough in nearly 17 years since a 1994 ceasefire put fighting on hold.