U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday (May 29) said Turkey’s newly re-elected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, raised the possibility of U.S. sales of F16 aircraft to Turkey and that Biden brought up Turkey’s dropping its opposition to Sweden entering NATO, Reuters reports. Biden spoke after talking to Erdogan on the phone to congratulate him…
Turkey’s president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be sworn in on June 3, while the country’s new government may take the oath on the following day, a source in Ankara has told TASS. “The president will take oath and assume the office on Saturday. On Sunday, cabinet members are expected to be sworn in, and…
The Azerbaijani government is increasing the defense and national security expenditures by 1.105 billion manats ($650 million), including spending on special defense projects and measures by 1 billion manats ($0.59 billion), the Azerbaijani Finance Ministry reports. After the increase, the spending on special defense projects and measures will reach 3.07 billion manats ($1.22 billion).
The President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog, has arrived in Azerbaijan for an state visit, Jerusalem Post reports. A guard of honor was lined up for the Israeli President at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, decorated with the national flags of the two countries. Israeli President Isaac Herzog was welcomed by…
In the event of a conflict with Russia, Georgia will be left alone, no one will fight for it, as well as for Ukraine, said the speaker of the Georgian parliament, Shalva Papuashvili. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the Georgian newspaper “Kviris Palitra”. Papuashvili thus explained why Georgia does not…
Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan was elected for his third consecutive presidential term on Sunday, TASS reports. He will take the oath in the year when the country celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Turkey. Ahmet Yener, who heads Turkey’s highest election authority, the Supreme Election Council, said late on Sunday that…
World leaders have congratulated Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after he won re-election in a historic run-off that posed the biggest challenge to his 20 years in power, Al Jazeera reports. Erdogan won Turkey’s presidency with 52.14 percent of the votes, said the head of the Supreme Election Council, Ahmet Yener, on Sunday, making…
The illegal abduction of two Armenian servicemen by Azerbaijan is an attempt to deviate from its own obligations, the Armenian Foreign Ministry said in a Twitter post. “We call on Azerbaijani authorities to release them and fulfill commitment to release all Armenian POWs in line with Trilat Statement of Nov 9, 2020 and calls…
The last hours of Turkey’s presidential race have turned increasingly sour as Recep Tayyip Erdogan bids to extend his 20 years in power by five more, BBC reports. Ahead of Sunday’s run-off vote, opposition rival Kemal Kilicdaroglu has courted nationalist votes by vowing to expel millions of Syrian refugees. The president accused him…
A peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia may be signed in the foreseeable future, but in the end, what matters most is not when it is inked but that all issues are resolved, Russian presidential press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said on Friday, TASS reports. According to the Kremlin spokesman, representatives of Azerbaijan, Armenia, and…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan rejected the proposal of the united opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu to hold a televised debate, noting that they had nothing to talk about. He stated this in an interview with CNN Türk and Kanal D. On Thursday, Kılıçdaroglu called the incumbent head of the republic to a television debate to…
President of the Republic of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturyan sent a congratulatory message to the President of Georgia Salome Zurabichvili on national holiday – State Independence Restoration Day. President Khachaturyan’s message reads: “105 years ago, the people of Georgia decided to create an independent state and presently they continue their unwavering path towards building…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Armenia benefited the most as part of cooperation within the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) and noted that the country has the highest pace of economic growth. Putin made the remarks during the EEU summit, officially known as the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council session, in Moscow. In…
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold two bilateral meetings on Thursday, with counterparts from Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ilham Aliyev and Nikol Pashinyan, and then a trilateral meeting is expected, Russian President’ spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, RIA Novosti reports. “Putin will have two bilateral meetings with Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan. After…
Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu has said that Armenia’s participation in the joint tactical and combat training events as part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is important. “Armenia is a member of our organization, our ally. We are interested in establishment of peace and we are doing everything possible to stabilize…
The head of the Zafer nationalist party, a member of the ATA bloc of Turkey, announced that he will support the opposition candidate Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu in the second round of the presidential election. “One of the most pressing problems for Turkey is the deportation of 13 million illegal immigrants and refugees. We spend $11 billion…
Russia views the statement by the prime minister of Armenia as a confirmation of the position adopted by him at the Prague summit on October 7, 2022, with the participation of the leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan, France and the EU, which refers to the Almaty declaration of 1991. Maria Zakharova, the official representative of the…
Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces Kerim Veliyev and Commander of the Pakistani Ground Forces Asim Munir discussed issues of expanding and strengthening military cooperation on Tuesday. The meeting was held in Islamabad as a part of Veliyev’s official visit to Pakistan. According to the press service of the Ministry…
The Kremlin hopes that the meetings between the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Moscow will be productive. Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian President, told Report about this, commenting on the planned meeting of the leaders of Azerbaijan, Russia, and Armenia on Thursday in the Russian capital. “Both [Azerbaijani] President Aliyev…
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Margareta Cederfelt and Roberto Montella were received by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku, discussing the role of the OSCE and the PA in promoting security, dialogue and cooperation, as well as supporting the ongoing peace process in the South Caucasus, the OSCE PA twitted. Aliyev reported on the…
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Javier Colomina will visit the region. According to media reports, Kolomina will arrive in Georgia, then he will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Sinan Ogan, who finished third in last week’s Turkish presidential election, has thrown his support behind the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, for the the run-off that takes place on May 28, Al Jazeera reports. Ogan endorsed Erdogan at a news conference in the capital Ankara on Monday and said his campaign made nationalists “key…
Sinan Oğan from Ata Alliance, who received 5 percent of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections, is expected to announce his decision of who he will extend his support to in the upcoming presidential runoff on May 22, hurriyetdailynews reports. Oğan met President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan while Ata Alliance leader…
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili announced a boycott of Georgian Airways for resuming flights to Russia. She stated that she would no longer use the services of this airline and called on other citizens to join her. “I’m boycotting Airzena (Georgian Airways)”– Zurabishvili said at a briefing. She noted that the airline is…
During the bilateral meeting with Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade once again expressed his gratitude to him for his activities aimed at preventing the long-standing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan from turning into a religious one, as well as for restoring mutual trust in…
Deputy Minister of Economy Narek Teryan has held a meeting with representatives of the Iranian Talashgarane Eghtesade Paydar Holding. The ethnic-Armenian Member of Parliament of Iran Robert Beglaryan also attended the meeting. Teryan presented the state support mechanisms in the economic sector, the legislation, tax and customs regulations, the ministry said in a…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with CNN on Friday that he will not run for a third presidential term if he is re-elected. “According to the current regulations, the President can be elected only twice. My first term has ended, now the elections for the second term are underway. If I…
On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet with colleagues from Armenia and Azerbaijan, Ministers of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, in Moscow to discuss repairing relations between Baku and Yerevan, TASS reports. A separate Armenian-Azerbaijani meeting will be conducted to discuss the chances for a peace pact. The ministers will…
The meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and Russia Jeyhun Bayramov and Sergey Lavrov has started in Moscow. It takes place in the reception house of the Russian Foreign Ministry. A bilateral meeting between Ararat Mirzoyan and Sergey Lavrov will follow this meeting. A trilateral meeting with the participation of the Foreign…
Reuters. Turkish presidential candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu on Wednesday (May 17) accused President Tayyip Erdogan of cooperating with a network Ankara considers terrorists and allowing unchecked migration, marking a sharp turn in his rhetoric ahead of a runoff vote. Kilicdaroglu, who led a more positive campaign in the lead-up to presidential and parliamentary elections on…
