Reuters. President Donald Trump on Monday (June 16) urged everyone to immediately evacuate Tehran, and reiterated that Iran should have signed a nuclear deal with the United States. “IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!” he said in a post on Truth…
Member of the European Parliament Nathalie Loiseau informed that on her initiative the European Parliament can hold a debate on the issue of COP29 to be held in Azerbaijan. “The protection of the planet is, of course, important, but the holding of the conference in Baku raises serious questions,” Loiseau said. She reminded that…
The Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs David McAllister (EPP, DE), the European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on Armenia Andrey Kovatchev (EPP, BG) and the European Parliament’s Standing Rapporteur on Azerbaijan Željana Zovko (EPP, HR) issued the following statement on Tuesday: “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the large-scale military confrontations that erupted yesterday night in several locations on the…
Philip Reeker, Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations of the US State Department, released a video message from Yerevan. “It’s a pleasure being in Yerevan again. My second visit and my current capacity as the Senior Adviser for Caucasus Negotiations at the US Department of State. As in my previous visits, I remain inspired by Armenians’…
Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson, referred to the new arrests of activists in Azerbaijan. Another prominent economist and journalist, Farid Mehralizade was arrested as part of the investigation on Abzas Media, even though there are facts that he’s not even related to that media organization. “We are deeply troubled by the continued…
Chair of Standing Delegation for Relations with the South Caucasus in the European Parliament, Marina Kalyurand, wrote on her Twitter: “Two years ago, the 2nd Nagorno-Karabakh war ended with a ceasefire agreement. It hasn’t solved the conflict – only negotiations can. The EU and US mediation is becoming more and more important. Fair peace agreement…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Wednesday gave his approval to a proposal for the upcoming trial of jailed İstanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the president’s main political rival, to be aired live on state broadcaster TRT, following a similar endorsement a day earlier from his far-right ally, Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahçeli. …
Nagorno-Karabakh peacekeeping troops have completely left Nagorno-Karabakh. The process ended on June 12, reports the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. The department announced that the personnel, weapons and equipment of the peacekeepers were completely withdrawn.
Crimea is Russian territory, and the Russian Constitution excludes the possibility of discussing the fate of any Russian region, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said at a briefing, Interfax reports. So he answered the question whether there are options for reaching agreements on Crimea, taking into account the position of Ukraine, which was expressed at…
Bilateral and regional cooperation was the focus of telephone talks between the Azerbaijani and Turkish foreign ministers, Jeyhun Bayramov and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish foreign ministry said. “The ministers exchanged views on the current issues on the agenda of bilateral and regional cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey,” it said. Apart from that, the…
The spokesperson for Iran’s Foreign Ministry said Saturday that a local employee of Iran’s embassy in Damascus was killed last week after being shot in his vehicle in the city, Iran International reports. Esmaeil Baghaei said that Davood Bitaraf was killed by “terrorists” and added that the Syrian transitional government is responsible for “identifying,…
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.
Sweden has not yet extradited suspects Turkey seeks over terrorism-related charges, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Wednesday, DW reports. “They must fulfill their responsibilities, or we’ll block their NATO bids,” Çavuşoğlu said, according to state broadcaster TRT World. Çavuşoğlu also claimed, “terror propaganda in Sweden and Finland continues.” Sweden and…
South Korea welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday with a replica gold crown and awarded him with the “Grand Order of Mugunghwa”, the country’s highest decoration, the presidential office said, Reuters reports. Trump landed in South Korea on the final leg of a trip through Asia that also saw stops in Malaysia and…
Kazakhstan is moving ahead with a $1 billion plan to build NATO-standard artillery ammunition factories to reduce its reliance on Russian models—a shift that has already drawn sharp criticism from Moscow, where officials have labeled the move “unfriendly”, according to reporting by The Moscow Times on December 17. The initiative marks a significant shift…
Six people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooter opened fire from an apartment balcony and then killed themselves in a Georgian city on Friday, officials said, Global News reports. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement that the suspect fired several rounds into the yard of the building in Sagarejo, killing four…
IAEA’s deputy director general and head of the Department of Safeguards Massimo Aparo has held talks in Tehran with Iranian officials and left the Iranian capital on Monday afternoon, IRNA reports. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said about Aparo’s visit to Tehran that “he left Tehran after holding…
Yerevan joined the call by Washington, Cairo and Doha to Israel and Hamas to resume ceasefire talks. “Profoundly realizing importance of ceasefire and hostage release when human lives and regional peace are at stake, Armenia welcomes initiative by leaders of US, Egypt & Qatar. Hopefully, tangible outcome will be achieved during next discussions to…
Reuters. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday (November 12) to “pay up” to prevent climate-led humanitarian disasters, and said time was running out to limit a destructive rise in global temperatures. Nearly 200 nations have gathered at the annual U.N. climate summit in Baku, focused this…
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian urged OPEC members to unite against possible U.S. sanctions, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would seek to drive Tehran’s oil exports to zero, Reuters reports. “I believe that if OPEC members are united and work together, the U.S. would not be able to sanction and pressure one of…
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani, reacting to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan that Azerbaijani citizens should avoid visiting Iran, wrote on Twitter: “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan has warned its citizens not to visit Iran. This is exactly the policy adopted by the President of Israel during…
Moldova’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has approved the results of the second round of the presidential election and the victory of incumbent President Maia Sandu in it, TASS reports. “Candidate Maia Sandu, nominated by the Party of Action and Solidarity, who received the largest number of votes in the second round (930,139), is declared…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Karen Donfried discussed prospects for the peace process between Yerevan and Baku. According to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Bayramov briefed Donfried on the current state of negotiations on the peace agreement, work on opening communications and delimitation issues. “Donfried…
The deputy defence ministers of Russia, Ukraine and Turkey will meet in Istanbul on Friday to discuss a deal that allows the exports of Ukrainian grains on the Black Sea, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Wednesday (May 3), Reuters reports. “During the meeting, some issues starting with the grain initiative will be…
Slovenia has been one of the most vocal EU countries calling for the bloc to take action against Israel. The country recognised a Palestinian state in June last year and has since repeatedly called for a ceasefire in Gaza and increased aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, Euronews reports. Slovenia will be “the first…
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…
Armenia and Azerbaijan have confirmed their interest in Russia’s mediation in the settlement of the conflict. Press secretary of the Russian President, Dmitry Peskov, announced this. “The parties have confirmed their interest in continuing our mediation efforts, so the work will continue,” Peskov said.
The United States and Iraq are on the verge of reaching a landmark agreement that would see the gradual withdrawal of American-led coalition forces from the Middle Eastern nation, The National reports. According to Jawad al-Bulani, a member of the Iraqi delegation in Washington, both sides are at the “final stage” of concluding the…
Reuters. Iran’s presidential candidates faced off in a debate on Monday (July 1) clashing over foreign policy and economic reform just days before the two men will face a run-off election on July 5. Saeed Jalili, a zealous ideologue loyal to Iran’s supreme leader went head to head with his more moderate opponent Massoud…
France’s state-owned energy group EDF temporarily shut down three nuclear reactors on Sunday, while warning that seven others may need to adjust their power output as the heatwave sweeping the country continues, Euronews reports. According to the company, the measure is an environmental protection requirement to avoid discharging excessively hot water into rivers already warming…
