The UK Government is providing a further £500,000 to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support land mine clearance in Armenia and Azerbaijan. New funding will provide vital training and expert advice to make the area safe, prevent injuries and save lives. “This UK contribution will harness the UN’s expertise, reduce the…
Within the framework of the Sixth Caspian Summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Ilham Aliyev. Prior to the meeting, Putin mentioned that he would also discuss regional security issues with the President of Azerbaijan, in particular, the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. According to the Russian President, various proposals on regional cooperation were discussed…
The Russian State Duma has adopted a bill in the first reading, according to which the national driving licenses of Armenian citizens engaged in entrepreneurial or business activities related to driving may be adopted in the country.
The United States has appointed a new Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group. Andrew Schofer was replaced by Laura Hochla. In response to the ‘Lurer’’s inquiry, the US Embassy to Armenia said that all parties involved have already been officially informed that the US Co-Chair of the OSCE Minsk Group is currently Laura Hochla, State…
The United States has been creating illusion pretending the unity of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) while it has been falling apart amid economic, energy crisis and surging inflation rate, said a Turkish politician on Tuesday, Reuters reports. Ali Riza Tasdelen, member of the International Relations Bureau of Vatan Party in Turkey said that…
“Indirect” talks between Iran and the United States aimed at removing U.S. sanctions will resume this week, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday. The talks, scheduled for this week, are intended to smoothen a few issues over the lifting of U.S. sanctions against Iran, the spokesman said during his weekly press conference….
The U.S. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair spoke with her counterparts today to discuss the future of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs tweeted. “It’s unfortunate the Russian Co-Chair did not accept the invitation. We look forward to the Minsk Group’s continuing work.”
Iran has submitted an application to become a member of the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS, an Iranian official said on Monday. Iran’s membership in the BRICS group, which includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, “would result in added values for both sides,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. Russian Foreign…
The President of Azerbaijan promised to release a group of captives in the presence of the President of the European Council, but this did not happen. Today, in an online interview with media outlets and NGOs, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in response to a reporter’s question about the captives. “I confirm that during the…
During a press conference with media and NGOs, Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan touched upon the issue of normalization of relations with Turkey. “If I say now that there is no possibility, the question will arise, then why are we negotiating? If we negotiate, then there is a certain understanding that it is possible to…
The ongoing conflict in Ukraine moved from being a distant, abstract conflict to something more tangible for the leaders of the world’s seven wealthiest democracies on Monday with an address by the embattled country’s president, CBC reports. Volodymyr Zelensky told G7 leaders that despite their efforts to arm his country and to isolate the…
Thousands of protesters gathered in front of the Georgian parliament building, urging the country’s authorities to comply with EU demands for candidate status. The gathered people insisted that if the government does not implement the relevant reforms within half a year, they will start indefinite protests. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and MP Davit Arakhamia, who…
The decisions made against Ankara at the EU summit in Brussels on June 23-24 are biased, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “EU attempts to legitimize extremist, illegal theses on the eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea, are unacceptable,” the Ministry said, noting that Brussels is on the side of Greece while resolving…
On June 24, the President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan who is on an official visit in Vienna met with the President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka. Alen Simonyan thanked his Austrian colleague for the invitation and congratulated him on the 30th anniversary of the…
The interview of the Foreign Minister of Armenia to RFE/RL: Question: The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev stated that their proposal to commence the works on the peace agreement has not received a response from the Armenian side yet. How would you comment on that? Answer: Both publicly and in the international arena, as…
FLY BAGHDAD started operating flights on the route Baghdad – Yerevan – Baghdad, the “Armenia” International Airports” CJSC said in a statement. “From 23 June 2022 FLY BAGHDAD started operating flights on the route Baghdad-Yerevan-Baghdad. Flights will be operated once a week, every Thursday. For the availability of air tickets, their acquisition…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Iranian counterpart on Thursday (June 23), as world powers and Tehran are struggling to revive their 2015 nuclear pact and negotiations are stalled. Lavrov shook hands with Hossein Amirabdollahian in the capital Tehran, a day after arriving in the country, before officials from both states sat down for…
The head of the faction of the ruling party of Ukraine “Servant of the People” David Arakhamia, who was previously the head of the delegation of Kyiv at the talks with Russia, opposed granting Georgia the status of a candidate member of the European Union. Prime Minister of the Republic of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili spoke…
If Washington and Paris really had highlighted the unique mediation format of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs, they would not allow themselves to ignore the mandate approved by all member states. Official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova stated this during a briefing, answering the question of ‘Lurer’. “They have been demonstratively suspending…
Media issues should be resolved on the basis of the rule of law and respect for the rights of journalists. The statement came from Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in response to ‘Lurer’s’ question about the blocking of RIA Novosti in Azerbaijan. “We are resolving the emerging issues with our partners in a bilateral…
The permanent member of the RA NA delegation to PACE Armen Gevorgyan delivered a speech at PACE Plenary Session during the discussion on “Recent challenges to security in Europe: what role for the Council of Europe?” “Mr President, In the past decades our organisation has tried to pursue issues like minority rights, gender equality, diversity,…
Iran on Monday urged the United States to return to the nuclear talks in Vienna for “signing an agreement” on the revival of a 2015 nuclear deal, Reuters reports. Iran is “moving in the direction of diplomacy” and ready to reach a “good, lasting and effective” agreement, Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry,…
Tens of thousands of people packed central Tbilisi on Monday (June 20) evening in a strong show of support for a path for Georgia towards accession to the European Union and eventual membership of the 27-nation bloc, Reuters reports. Tbilisi’s main central thoroughfare Rustavelli Avenue was closed to traffic as tens of thousands gathered outside…
The meeting of the Prime Ministers of Armenia and Russia Nikol Pashinyan and Mikhail Mishustin took place in Minsk. The head of the Russian Government said in his speech, “Welcome, dear Nikol Vovaevich, I warmly recall our meeting during your official visit. First of all, let me convey the warm greetings and best wishes of…
The West must prepare for a long war in Ukraine as Russia makes incremental gains in a furious battle to control the country’s east, the NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson have both said, CNN reports. In separate comments published Sunday, Stoltenberg and Johnson also reiterated that Western governments…
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has expressed confidence that Ukraine will be granted official candidate status ahead of a key EU summit in Brussels later this month. “I firmly believe that we will get a positive decision, that we will get support, that the course has now been set,” von der Leyen told German public broadcaster ARD on…
Russia has no objections to Ukraine joining the European Union, which is not a military organization, Russian President Vladimir Putin said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum on Friday. “The EU is not a military organization or a military-political bloc, in contrast to NATO. We have always said, and I have always said that…
Ukraine may resume talks with Russia from a strengthened position at the end of August after counteroffensives are conducted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in certain areas. The relevant statement was made by David Arakhamia, the Head of the Ukrainian delegation and the Leader of the Servant of the People Faction, in a…
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the Commission recommends candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova with an understanding that the countries carry on necessary reforms, while it recommends a European perspective to Georgia, with the country first required to meet conditions before reaching candidate status, civil.ge reports. At the briefing…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received members of the sitting of the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO): Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan, Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev, Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus Alexander Volfovich, Secretary of the…
