On February 15, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan will visit Türkiye. Minister Mirzoyan will meet the Armenian rescue team that carries out search and rescue operations in the earthquake-affected city of Adiyaman. During the visit, a meeting between the Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan and the Foreign Minister of…
The achievement of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan will make a significant contribution not only in the South Caucasus, but also across the entire region, as well as on a global scale. This was stated by Vice President of Turkey Cevdet Yilmaz. “In conditions of a fully peaceful environment, an entirely new atmosphere will be…
The EU published a statement in which it also referred to the blockade of the Lachin Corridor. “The EU remains concerned that the continuing disruption to freedom of movement through the Lachin corridor is affecting human rights in Nagorno- Karabakh, including rights to health, education and food. The EU calls on the Azerbaijani authorities and…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday was “the beginning of the day after Hamas,” after confirming the death of the Islamist group’s leader and Yahya Sinwar, mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks, EFE reports. “Hamas will no longer rule Gaza (…) this is the beginning of the day after Hamas, and this is…
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will visit Armenia in September and will personally participate in the opening ceremony of the Canadian embassy in Yerevan, the Armenian National Committee (ANC) International reported.
The civil activists’ protest rally “I am coming” ended at the First Republic Square with several demands voiced by Zaza Papuashvili, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. Below are their demands: “1. We ask the government to enforce the law equally for everyone, regardless of political, sexual, or other orientation! We do not recognize anyone’s…
The United States said on Friday it ‘continues to be deeply troubled’ as Azerbaijan arrested another journalist – fifth in the past 10 days – from independent media outlets. A court in Baku on Friday ordered Abzas Media journalist Nargiz Absalamova be held in detention for three months on charges of foreign currency smuggling…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his primary rival in the presidential election, Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, leader of the opposition Republican People’s Party, plan to hold rallies in Istanbul on the same day but in different districts. The Haberler news portal reports on Friday. According to the news portal, the rallies will be held in the…
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…
Georgian Defence forces received NATO-standard armoured vehicles VURAN from Turkey based on an agreement signed between Georgia and Turkey. The ceremony was held at the field of the Fourth Infantry Brigade in Vaziani, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. Deputy Defence Minister Sergo Janelidze, Deputy Chief of the Defence Forces Irakli Chichinadze, Turkish Ambassador to Georgia…
During a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan reported that the possible document on normalization of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and issues related to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict settlement process were at the center of their discussion. “I reaffirmed the readiness of the Government of the Republic…
In an interview with Table.Media, Robin Wagener, coordinator of cooperation with the South Caucasus at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, did not rule out that almost all residents of Nagorno-Karabakh may leave the region, fleeing the consequences of Azerbaijan’s military operation. “For several days now, convoys of cars with tens of thousands of…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia expressed its condolences to Iran regarding the terrorist attack in Shiraz. “We express our sincere condolences and sympathy to the people of Iran and Iranian Government upon the terror attack in Shahcheragh Mosque in the city of Shiraz, resulting in devastating loss of innocent lives. We wish…
NATO has taken over coordination of Western military aid to Ukraine from the U.S. as planned, a source said on Tuesday, in a move widely seen as aiming to safeguard the support mechanism against NATO sceptic U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, Reuters reports. The step, coming after a delay of several months, gives NATO a…
Congressional Armenian Caucus Co-Chair Adam Schiff has been elected to the US Senate in California. Rep. Adam Schiff has long represented the largest Armenian diaspora in the country and served as Vice Chair of the Congressional Armenian Caucus. For decades, he has fought side-by-side with his Armenian American constituents for the recognition of…
Following a failed mutiny of the Wagner group in Russia, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have had a phone conversation, Kremlin reported on Monday,IRNA reports. During the phone call, the Iranian president reportedly voiced Tehran’s support for the measures taken by the Russian government to deal with the June…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with ambassadors of European Union countries. He presented the situation in the South Caucasus after the Azerbaijani military aggression against Nagorno-Karabakh. Bayramov claimed that the goal of Azerbaijan’s actions is stability in the region and that Baku is ready to guarantee the rights of the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh….
Reuters. Ukrainian air defences shot down about 15 drones launched by Russia in its third attack on the Ukrainian capital in four days, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Thursday (August 29) and air sirens rung across the capital in the early hours of the morning. Drone debris damaged the windows…
Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of Yasin Huseynzadeh, who was found guilty of the terrorist attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran, Iranian judicial spokesman Asghar Jahangir said at a press conference. According to him, the sentence has been sent to the Tehran court for execution. According to the information,…
Reuters. Libyan tanks and armoured vehicles were seen in the city of Tripoli on Tuesday (May 13) after armed clashes erupted following reports that an armed group leader was killed, three residents told Reuters by phone. Clashes erupted on Monday (May 12) evening and gunfire echoed in the city center and other parts of…
I believe that full normalization of relations and full peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be established soon, the President of Azerbaijan stated in an interview with France 24 in Munich. According to Ilham Aliyev, the historic agreements reached on August 8 at the White House between Yerevan and Baku mean that the conflict…
Iran hopes for the reopening of the Azerbaijani Embassy in Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, Nasser Kanaani, said at a briefing on Monday. He recalled that the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Iran recently held a phone conversation. “Over the past 2-3 months, both countries have engaged in a series of delegation…
The delegation led by the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Colonel General Ruslan Zhaksylykov paid an official visit to Azerbaijan on June 7, the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan reports. Colonel General R.Zhaksylykov expressed gratitude to his Azerbaijani colleague for warm reception. Noting that such visits are of particular importance and serve…
Today’s sham election in Belarus has been neither free, nor fair, Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated. “The people of Belarus deserve a real say in who governs their country. The relentless and unprecedented repression of human rights, restrictions to political participation and access to independent…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. The interlocutors touched upon a number of issues of the Armenian-Russian bilateral agenda, as well as regional issues, the situation around Nagorno Karabakh. The parties discussed the implementation of the trilateral statements of the leaders of…
Iran effectively shuttered the crucial waterway in the early days of the war and in mid-April the US responded by imposing its own blockade on Iranian ports, Euronews reports. Iran’s foreign ministry said on Monday that Tehran was collecting fees for “navigational services” on ships transiting the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but is not…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent congratulatory messages to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution. The message addressed to the Supreme Leader of the…
US President Donald Trump has hit out at Germany’s Friedrich Merz over the chancellor’s criticism of the United States-Israeli war on Iran, stressing that the conflict was necessary to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, Al Jazeera reports. Trump’s comment on Tuesday reflected his often-expressed frustration with European and NATO allies over their…
Tehran is ready to reach with Washington an agreement on prisoner swaps that would not be linked to the talks on reviving the nuclear deal, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said on Wednesday. “Away from the nuclear deal, Iran has repeatedly informed the United States across various channels of its willingness to address…
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova addressed the ongoing protests in Armenia during her weekly briefing. She noted that the discontent “appears to be partly due to concerns over the fairness of the delimitation of certain enclave villages”. Zakharova emphasized that Russia views these political “processes as Armenia’s internal affairs and is focused on…
