Original sentence: A route through Armenia was inconvenient, due to regional tensions over Turkey's refusal to recognize the Armenian Genocide, as well as the Armenian military occupation of the Azerbaijani region of Nagorno-Karabakh, and Armenia's refusal to recognize Turkey's border as set out in the Treaty of Kars.The Turkish route meant a pipeline from Azerbaijan through either Georgia or Armenia.This left the circuitous Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey route as politically most expedient for the major parties, although it was longer and more expensive to build than the other options
Edited sentence: However, the route through Armenia was impossible due to Armenia'a unresolved war with Azerbaijan over the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.The Turkish route meant a pipeline from Azerbaijan running through either Georgia or Armenia.This left the circuitous Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey route as politically the most expedient for the major parties, although it was longer and more expensive to build than the other options