Contacts between the military departments of Turkey and Syria will continue and become more intense, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday in an interview with the Milliyet newspaper, commenting on the results of negotiations held on December 28 in Moscow with his Syrian counterpart Ali Mahmoud Abbas. “At the meeting [in Moscow],…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu discussed the further coordination of steps on facilitating a settlement in Syria in a phone conversation on Saturday, TASS reports. “The sides exchanged New Year’s greetings and discussed the plans of cooperation between diplomatic agencies for 2023, including the further coordination of steps…
Azerbaijan announced the appointment of its first-ever ambassador to Israel, less than two months after approving the opening of an embassy in Tel Aviv. The role will be filled by Azerbaijan’s Deputy Education Minister Mukhtar Mammadov, according to local and Hebrew media reports. As deputy minister, Mammadov had been responsible for cooperative projects…
Armenian Defence Ministry says another fake news came from Azerbaijan on border situation. “The Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan has spread a fake news, claiming that units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire towards the Azerbaijani combat positions located in the Eastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border zone on December 29”, the Ministry…
The Iranian Parliament’s Culture Committee will not consider new bills on wearing the hijab, said official representative of the parliamentary committee on culture Ahmad Rastineh, ISNA reports. “There is no new bill on modesty and hijab on the agenda of the Cultural Committee of the Iranian Parliament,” he said. Hossein Jalali, a member of the…
In the outgoing 2022, the situation with human rights in Azerbaijan has not improved, on the contrary, pressure on political, civil and religious activists has become even tougher, the Center for Monitoring Political Prisoners (CMPZ) reports. The study presents facts of human rights violations from the point of view of the articles of the…
Russia relies on a full complex of trilateral agreements at the highest level, including the November 9 2020 , January 11 and November 26 2021, and October 31 2022 documents. Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced during her weekly briefing. “They are a reliable basis for promoting the normalization process…
The question of launching the Stepanakert airport is not a question of Russia’s jurisdiction. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharovastated stated during the briefing, answering the question whether it is possible to launch it to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Artsakh. Referring to the possibility of discussing the issue of unblocking…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts for the sake of resolving the Ukrainian crisis, the Turkish parliamentary speaker, Mustafa Sentop, told the media on Wednesday, TASS reports. “I have nominated President Erdogan for the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in the name of peace…
“Day 17 of Artsakh blockade: the right to life, health, freedom of movement, education and other fundamental rights of 120.000 people are at risk. Humanitarian situation in Artsakh is getting worse day by day,” Human Rights Defender of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Gegham Stepanyan wrote on Facebook.
Local news sources on Wednesday reported that a blast occurred in the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Turkey’s Istanbul. The blast occurred due to the explosion of a gas pipe in the airport, according to the news. Following the explosion, the flights were suspended and the planes that were going to land at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport…
Reuters. Turkey will deliver the first natural gas from its Black Sea field to the national grid by end-March, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said on Tuesday (December 27), after President Tayyip Erdogan announced an increase in the volume of gas found. Erdogan said after a cabinet meeting on Monday (December 26) that the total…
Turkey summoned France’s ambassador over what it called “black propaganda” by Kurdish activists during a march to mourn three people killed in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris. French Ambassador Herve Magro was summoned on Monday so Ankara could relay unease after some marched in Paris with flags of the banned…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the resolution of the situation in the South Caucasus, the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and everything pertaining to Karabakh will be discussed at the meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, which is…
Seven people with links to Britain have been arrested by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards over anti-government protests that have snowballed across the country in recent months, according to reports, The Guardian reports. The people arrested, some of whom are dual nationals, were detained while trying to leave Iran, according to Reuters, citing a statement published by…
The escalation around the Lachin Corridor complicates the work of concluding a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said this in an interview with TASS and assured that the Russian side is making vigorous efforts to settle the situation on the ground. “We are waiting for the early resumption…
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for the first time publicly spoke about the developments around the Lachin Corridor and again blamed Armenia, the international community, and, as he said, “Armenia’s patrons”. According to Aliyev, the created situation “caused anti-Azerbaijani hysteria not only in Armenia, but also among Armenia’s foreign patrons, who started a slanderous…
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, on his Twitter microblog, referred to the post of Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, in which the latter stated that the Stepanakert-Goris road is open for civilians and for humanitarian purposes. “Hikmet Hajiyev shows the ICRC vehicles passing through the Lachin Corridor. Azerbaijani leadership by drumming it up…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has stated that his country is ready to restore Iran’s nuclear program for the time being, but such an opportunity will not always be there. He informed that they recently agreed with the High Representative of EU Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in Jordan about the final steps towards the…
Armenia occupies the second place in foreign trips of Russian tourists, Moscow and Yerevan will continue to strengthen tourist ties. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk informed journalists about this on Friday, TASS reports. In addition, the deputy prime minister noted that the increase in trade between the two countries is largely due to the…
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan spoke separately today with National Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan of Armenia and Head of the Foreign Relations Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Hikmat Hajiyev, the White House reports. In these calls, they took stock of the progress made in EU and U.S.-facilitated peace talks since their joint September 27 meeting in Washington. …
Armenian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan referred to the closure of the Lachin Corridor and its consequences. “Coordinated character of Azerbaijani actions, including preceding incidents targeting civilian population and critical infrastructure, are yet another evidence that the blockade of Lachin Corridor is pre-planned operation by Azerbaijan with the intention to inflict harm upon the civilian…
On December 22, under the chairmanship of the President of the Republic of Artsakh Arayik Harutyunyan, an extended session of the Security Council of the Republic of Armenia was held, during which the military-political situation created in the country as a result of the blocking of the only road connecting the Republic of Artsakh to…
Armenia conveyed to Azerbaijan its proposals around a peace treaty and is ready to sign it with that content, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet meeting. “The Republic of Armenia conveyed to Azerbaijan its proposals on a peace treaty and we are ready to sign the treaty with that content. I hope that…
Congresswoman Lori Trahan referred to the closure of Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijani “eco-activists” and the humanitarian crisis caused by it. “Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor is causing a humanitarian crisis. Thousands of families are in danger because of this unwarranted aggression. Once again, I’m calling on the State Department to help find a…
At the briefing with US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price a journalist asked him about leading activist and U.S.-educated Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, who he is on hunger strike in jail. It’s been six days now, and today the court refused to release him. There are reports that he is – actually is a subject to torture….
UN Security Council’s discussion clearly indicates the strong and unequivocal international consensus on immediate and unconditional opening of Lachin Corridor blocked by Azerbaijan, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararаt Mirzoyan said in a Twitter post. “Safe and secure connection between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh must be restored,” he stressed. The Foreign Minister expressed Armenia’s appreciation of the “fair…
The sole road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia has been blocked since December 12, 2022, disrupting access to essential goods and services for tens of thousands of ethnic Armenians living there, Human Rights Watch said today. The blocked road also prevents Nagorno-Karabakh residents from leaving the region; over a thousand people reported to be stranded…
Since December 12, Azerbaijan has been blocking the only road connecting Artsakh to Armenia and the outside world, thereby putting Artsakh under illegal siege and deliberately creating unbearable living conditions for the 120,000 people of Artsakh. Due to the blockade, the fundamental rights of the people of Artsakh have been violated. People are deprived…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia, referred to the closure of Lachin corridor and setting up illegal customs by Azerbaijani “eco-activitst”. “”Environmental activists” of Azerbaijan have taken responsibility for checking humanitarian cargo and are preventing the unhindered passage of cargo through the Lachin Corridor. Basically, they have illegally reserved customs duties. This nonsense has to…
