Two senior Polish defense ministry officials are on their way to Washington to get more information on why the U.S. suddenly canceled the deployment of 4,000 soldiers on a planned rotation to the country, Politico reports. Paweł Zalewski and Cezary Tomczyk — both deputy defense ministers — will try to get details on what…
The Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, Hikmat Hajiyev is on a visit to the US, Azerbaijani media reports. During the visit, Hajiyev met with John Bass, US Acting Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Yuri Kim, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for…
The protest at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London yesterday, Thursday 4 August 2022, was carried out by supporters of The Mahdi Servants Union in opposition to the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and his government. This was stated in the press release published on the institution’s official website. “This government is responsible for longstanding…
Japan has downgraded its last remaining tsunami alert, which was in the country’s north, after one of the most powerful earthquakes in decades struck off Russia’s Far East on Wednesday, prompting authorities to urge more than two million people to evacuate and triggering alerts across much of the Pacific. The magnitude-8.8 quake, which struck…
Sweden will phase out development aid to five countries in coming years and use the money to increase support for Ukraine, the government said on Friday, Reuters reports. The Nordic country plans to phase out aid to Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Mozambique, Liberia and Bolivia, Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa said….
Armenia has become the main beneficiary of Russians’ relocation due to the conflict in Ukraine, Renaissance Capital said in a report on the Armenian economy. Analysts of the investment company forecast the growth of GDP in the country this year to 14%, although at the beginning of the year they predicted the growth of the…
During the discussion in the UN Security Council, the representative of Switzerland, speaking about the food crisis as a result of conflicts in the world, also touched on the issue of blocking the Lachin corridor. According to the diplomat, the International Committee of the Red Cross sometimes does not have the opportunity to carry…
EU Delegation in Georgia issued a statement on the latest developments in the country. “We welcome announcement by the ruling party to withdraw draft legislation on “foreign influence”. We encourage all political leaders in Georgia to resume pro-EU reforms, in an inclusive and constructive way and in line with the 12 priorities for Georgia…
On July 2, 2025, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Azerbaijan, Mikhail Yevdokimov, was summoned to Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During the meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, Azerbaijani authorities lodged a formal protest over what they described as Russia’s “unfriendly actions” that have undermined the bilateral relationship. The protest…
The war in Ukraine began with Crimea and must end with its liberation, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, BBC reports. Ukraine’s president was speaking after a string of explosions hit a Russian airbase there, killing one person. Mr Zelensky did not mention Tuesday’s blasts but said: “Crimea is Ukrainian and we will never give it…
Iranian leader Ebrahim Azizi, who is head of the national security commission of the Iranian parliament, said on Saturday that Ukraine is now a “legitimate and lawful target” after it offered to provide Israel support with drone warfare. “By providing drone support to the Israeli regime, failed Ukraine has effectively become involved in the War…
Through post-Soviet criminal networks, Russia has offered a $20 million reward for information on the whereabouts of Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Unmanned Systems Forces, The Wall Street Journal reports. “The Unmanned Systems Forces says the Kremlin has put out the word through post-Soviet criminal networks of a $20 million reward…
Reuters/CCTV. Yemen’s Humanitarian Operations Coordination Center (HOCC), which is set up by the Houthis in Sanaa, issued a statement on Saturday, denying plans to levy transit tolls on most vessels sailing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a vital transit chokepoint connecting the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. In the statement, the HOCC…
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…
Russia is always ready to join the process of unblocking connections between Armenia and Azerbaijan and provide support based on the principles of Armenia’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and jurisdiction, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk has said. Overchuk said that the unblocking is possible within the framework of the 9 November 2020 agreements. “I want…
The Armenian side is making necessary preparations for the opening of Consulate General in Tabriz, Nasser Kanaani, the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran, said at a briefing today. Nasser Kanaani also noted that Iran and Armenia had signed an agreement on the opening of consulates in Tabriz and Kapan in…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Latvia Evika Silina on the occasion of the Independence Day. The message states: “I send warm congratulations to you and the friendly people of Latvia on the occasion of the national holiday, Independence Day. Armenia values relations…
At the High-Level Event marking the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, H.E. Mr. Paruyr Hovhannisyan, Permanent Representative of Armenia, reaffirmed Armenia’s commitment to countering hate speech as an integral component of the prevention agenda. He noted that the growing prevalence of hate speech, particularly when directed against ethnic and religious groups, continues to…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large of Armenia referred to the false claims by Azerbaijani president’s special envoy. “Representative of the President of Azerbaijan for Special Assignments Elchin Amirbayov in an interview to the French newspaper Le Monde, frankly confessed that Azerbaijan closed the Lachin Corridor and uses weaponization of hunger as a political tool against people…
The consistent actions by Azerbaijan make the concerns more and more materialized that Baku is organizing, preparing genocide in Nagorno-Karabakh, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said in his remarks during the 4th Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide in Yerevan. “In 2021 we witnessed situations when in Nagorno-Karabakh civilians conducting agricultural works were…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Russia’s accusations that Ukraine had attempted to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Novgorod region as “lies.” In a social media post, he said that Russia was trying to undermine the progress made in the Ukraine-US peace talks and that Moscow was preparing to attack Ukrainian government buildings in…
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of France to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Anne Bouillon was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan. She was handed a note of protest in connection with the visit of French officials to Armenia, the humanitarian aid initiative for the population of…
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan met with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili in New York. The Prime Minister referred to the occupation of the territories of Armenia as a result of the aggression unleashed by Azerbaijan against the sovereign territory of Armenia and the resulting situation. Irakli Garibashvili emphasized the importance of maintaining peace…
Ukraine will not accept limits on the size of its military or neutral status as part of a peace agreement, and Russia cannot dictate its security guarantees, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with TSN published on the evening of Oct. 25. “I probably won’t go into detail about this because we have…
Reuters. Bidzina Ivanishvili, the influential billionaire founder of Georgia’s ruling party, accused a Western “global party of war” of meddling in Georgia in a rare speech at a rally backing a bill on foreign agents that has sparked a political crisis in the South Caucasus country. Ivanishvili, who served as Georgia’s prime minister from…
Romanian Prime Minister Nicolae Ciuca received on Tuesday, at the Victoria Palace of Government, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is on an official visit to Romania. Ciuca and Mirzoyan discussed the security situation in the Extended Black Sea Region – generated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – which Moscow calls a…
The state of Oregon and the city of Portland have sued the Trump administration to stop it from deploying National Guard troops to Portland, NBC News repots. The suit names President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Defense Department, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the Department of Homeland Security as defendants….
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has won this year’s Sakharov Prize, awarded by the European Union to individuals and organizations in recognition of their work to support and protect human rights and democracy, DW reports. “This prize recognizes the important work of the court in upholding international law and justice,” said European Parliament President Roberta…
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Fox News, recorded on July 14, that the conflict in Ukraine could end before the end of his presidential term. “I think so,” Trump said, answering a question about whether he believes the Ukrainian crisis will be resolved before the expiration of his presidential term…
