Turkey has launched an investigation into 1,364 people who may be responsible for the destruction of buildings as a result of the earthquakes that occurred in the country in February. This was announced by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in an interview with Turkish media, which was broadcast on his Twitter page. “Investigative actions have…
At the initiative of the Turkish side, the Defense Ministers of Russia and Turkey, Sergey Shoigu and Hulusi Akar, held talks on March 22. During the negotiations, among other issues, the parties also discussed the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue.
EU Foreign Policy Spokesperson Peter Stano issued a statement on the new law on parties in Azerbaijan. “The European Union is concerned about the restrictions introduced by the new law on political parties. It risks having a chilling effect on political pluralism and on the fundamental rights and freedoms such as freedom of association,…
The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party will not nominate its own candidate for the President of Turkey in the elections to be held on May 14. Party co-chairman Pervin Buldan informed journalists about this, TASS reports. Earlier, the leadership of the party made it clear that it is possible to support the opposition candidate, leader of…
The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has adopted a statement regarding the unlawful blockade of Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan, Armenian delegate to PACE Vladimir Vardanyan said on March 22. Vardanyan said he will present details soon.
US State Secretary Antony Blinken had a phone call with Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev. “I spoke with Azerbaijani President Aliyev today to convey my support for a sustainable peace with Armenia and our willingness to facilitate these efforts. Direct talks are the only way to achieve an enduring and lasting peace”, Blinken twitted.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan officially filed an application to the Supreme Election Council to register as a presidential candidate for the upcoming May 14 elections. According to local TV, representatives of Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party arrived in the Council Tuesday to file registration papers. Currently, 18 politicians stated their intention to run…
Artsakh Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 100th day of the blockade by Azerbaijan. The ministry press office readout is as follows: For 100 days now, Azerbaijan has been subjecting Artsakh to an illegal blockade, the ultimate goal of which is to destroy the Artsakh people as such by expelling them from their…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia referred to the threats by an “eco-activist” to kill Armenians and drink their blood. “It’s never enough for a bloodthirsty regime and its puppets to starve 120000 people of Nagorno Karabakh. Now their pseudo-eco-activist threatens to kill all Armenians and literally drink their blood. Are we truly in the…
Geostat, the national statistical service of Georgia, has released a report on the country’s foreign trade, revealing an increase in exports in the first two months of 2023. According to the report, goods worth $915 million were exported from Georgia abroad during this period, an increase of 20.3% from the previous year. The export geography…
The State Border Service of Azerbaijan spread a disinformation claiming that units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire towards the Azerbaijani combat positions located in the Southeastern part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border zone on March 20, at around 2:50 a.m. Armenia’s Defense Ministry reports this.
Armenia is “working” in the direction of raising the issue of Azerbaijan’s non-compliance with the world court order on unblocking the Lachin Corridor at the UN Security Council, the Representative of Armenia on International Legal Matters Yeghishe Kirakosyan told lawmakers Monday. The United Nations’ highest court – the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – ordered…
An Iranian court sentenced two people to death over an October attack on a shrine in the southern city of Shiraz that cost over a dozen lives, the judiciary said Saturday, The New Arab reports. The pair were convicted of assisting in “corruption on earth, armed rebellion and acting against national security,” the judiciary’s Mizan Online website reported, citing…
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday approved Finland’s accession to NATO after months of talks, but added that discussions with Sweden will continue, CNBC reports. “We have decided to initiate the ratification of Finland’s accession process to NATO in our parliament,” Erdogan said in Ankara, according to a Reuters translation, as he met his…
An official report released on Friday estimated that the twin earthquakes that hit southern Turkey on Feb. 6 cost approximately 2 trillion Turkish liras (about 105.2 billion U.S. dollars) for the country. The report, announced by Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Ministry and prepared by the presidency’s department of strategy and budget, predicted that the financial…
During the previous day, the Russian peacekeeping troops recorded two violations of the ceasefire regime in Martuni and Shushi regions, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). There were no casualties. This is stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “According to these facts, the command of the Russian peacekeeping force is conducting a joint…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a phone call with the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that the relations between Tehran and the IAEA are on the right track, Mehr reports. Amir-Abdollahian in his Thursday night phone conversation with Josep Borrell discussed the nuclear talks to remove sanctions, the Ukraine war, and the…
The U.S. is troubled by Azerbaijan’s recent political party law, Ned Price, official representative of the US State Department, wrote about this on his Twitter. “We urge the authorities to incorporate Venice Commission and OSCE/ODIHR recommendations and to respect fundamental freedoms, including of association,” Price wrote.
Lasting peace deal cannot be achieved without international guarantees. Interview of Petros Ghazaryan with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Founding Chairman of Rasmussen Global, NATO Secretary General (2009-2014).
Azerbaijan is doing everything it can to derail direct dialogue with Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Thursday during the government sitting. “Despite the international-level agreements, after only two meetings Azerbaijan announced that it will discuss with Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh the topic of integration, whereas the international agreement was about…
Dear Ambassadors, Nagorno-Karabakh has been under siege by Azerbaijan for more than three months, the Lachin corridor connecting Armenia is closed. It is the only way for the 120,000 Armenian population to communicate with the outside world. For more than three months, the people of Nagorno-Karabakh have been facing inhuman torture, with a serious lack…
Armenia is concerned that thus far the international mechanism envisaged under clause 7 of the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement hasn’t been initiated, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet sitting. Clause 7 of the agreement provides for the return of internally displaced persons and refugees to Nagorno Karabakh and adjacent regions…
Following the deadly incident 10 days ago, recent reports of frequent ceasefire violations along the line of contact and the international border remain a cause for concern, says Toivo Klaar, European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia. “The EU strongly urges restraint in order to prevent any further escalation….
As part of a visit to the US capital, Turkish Presidential Spokesman İbrahim Kalın held talks Tuesday with President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the White House and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland at the State Department, Anadolu reports. Kalın and the US officials discussed political and economic relations, last…
Dr. Taner Akçam shared new revelations about the planning of the Armenian Genocide during a lecture at Fresno State University on March 3, the Armenian Mirror Spektator reports. Akçam, director of the Armenian Genocide Research Program at the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, has discovered new telegrams and validated previously known documents sent by members of the ruling…
Greece’s prime minister Monday said a massive earthquake in Turkey and deadly rail disaster in northern Greece have helped de-escalate tension between the two neighbors, driven by a popular feeling of solidarity, Ekathimerini reports. The devastating Feb. 6 quake in southern Turkey killed some 50,000 people in the country and neighboring Syria. It was…
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO Secretary General, referred to the blockade of Artsakh and Lachin Corridor by Azerbaijan after visiting the entrance of it. “Today I visited the Lachin corridor. It is the only road linking Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia and the outside world. In December last year, it was blocked by Azerbaijanis. Since…
“I think the most important step will be that the EU puts the maximum of pressure on Azerbaijan, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Secretary General of NATO, the founding chairman of the international political consulting organization “Rasmussen Global”, said, referring to Azerbaijan’s failure to comply with the ruling of the International Court of Justice to…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian had a phone call with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russia Sergey Lavrov. The foreign ministers discussed and exchanged opinions, Iran’s Foreign Ministry reports. The Russian Foreign Minister welcomed the agreement reached between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume…
Azerbaijan announced the arrest of another group of alleged ‘Iranian spies’. According to the information of the Azerbaijani law enforcement agencies, as a result of the special operational measures, 32 people were identified and detained in Azerbaijan, who, according to the agency, “engaged in subversive activities under the guise of religion.” It is mentioned that…
