US President Donald Trump has said he will “permanently pause migration from all third world countries,” a day after two national guard members were shot in Washington DC in an attack that has become a political flashpoint in the president’s ongoing crackdown on immigration, The Guardian reports. In a social media post beginning with…
The United Nations Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the ongoing border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, DW reports. A long-running border dispute erupted into intense fighting on Thursday, with violence flaring near two temples on the border between Thailand’s Surin province and Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey. …
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the resolution of the situation in the South Caucasus, the Armenian-Azerbaijani relations and everything pertaining to Karabakh will be discussed at the meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, which is…
Reuters. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (September 25) he would condemn recent recognitions by some nations of a Palestinian state in his upcoming address at the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking ahead of his flight to the U.S. where he is scheduled to address the General Assembly in New York on…
The Legal Affairs Committee of the Parliament of Georgia discussed the draft law On Transparency of Foreign Influence today and approved it in the second reading, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. The committee rejected an alternative proposal regarding specific provisions of the bill proposed by opposition MP Teona Akubardia. As per the rapporteur on the…
The Russian Foreign Ministry also responded to the statement of Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an interview with France 24, according to which Armenia practically “froze participation in the CSTO structures”, because the alliance did not fulfill its obligations towards Armenia. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Armenia continues to be a full…
The religious leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, called on the newly elected President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian, to continue the course of Ebrahim Raisi. According to the media, the continuation of the previous course will lead to “prosperity for the people of Iran and ensure success for the country.” Earlier, the results…
Reuters. Hungary will gradually stop sending natural gas to Ukraine until crude oil flows on the Druzhba pipeline resume, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday (March 25), escalating a standoff with Kyiv over energy supplies disrupted by the war. Hungary and Slovakia, whose leaders are outliers in the EU for maintaining relations with…
US military officials are developing new plans to target Iran’s capabilities in the Strait of Hormuz in the event the current ceasefire with Iran falls apart, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter, CNN reports. The options, among several sets of target types under consideration, include strikes with a particular focus on “dynamic…
Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson, issued a statement regarding the advancement of “Law on the Transparency of Foreign Influence”. The statement, particularly reads: “The United States condemns the Kremlin-inspired “foreign influence” legislation advanced in Georgia’s parliament earlier today and the false narrative government officials have adopted to defend it. Members of the ruling…
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Friday (December 13) to meet Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani for talks on the future of neighboring Syria, Reuters reports. Blinken is touring the region in the wake of the swift collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s government in the face of an…
“We need several years to draw closer to the EU member states. The law On Transparency of Foreign Influence is significant to speed up economic development,” said Prime Minister of Georgia Ikarli Kobakhidze, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. According to the PM, the activities of non-government organizations obstructed the country’s progress by their attempts to…
The Chair of the Delegation for relations with the South Caucasus at the European Parliament MEP Marina Kaljurand made a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. “Today we commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide – the massacres targeting an entire nation. I would like to recall that the European Parliament…
Scientists have discovered the world’s largest coral, which can be seen from space, in the Solomon Islands, Reuters reports. The mega coral is three times larger than the previous record-holder and is believed to be around 300 years old. Scientists from the National Geographic Pristine Seas team were researching the health of the…
China’s Commerce Ministry on Friday announced that Beijing and Washington had confirmed the details of a trade deal framework that the two countries had agreed upon earlier this month following talks in London, DW reports. According to the statement from the ministry, Washington will lift “restrictive measures against China,” and Beijing will “review and…
The West may try to implement another “maidan-like” scenario in Georgia by October in order to create another hotbed of tensions near Russia’s border, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told TASS. “We can see attempts by the Westerners to escalate the situation in Georgia ahead of the parliamentary elections set for October,” he…
Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers including the coastguard and the navy raced on Monday (September 14) to board a passenger ship that capsized in the Java Sea over the weekend as they searched for the 129 people still missing, officials said, with the confirmed death toll at six, Reuters reports. The Virgo Transport 8 ship…
U.S. State Department Counselor Derek Chollet, who arrived in Georgia yesterday for a two-day visit, met today with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze, as well as members of the opposition, and civil society representatives. During the meeting with PM Garibashvili, the parties discussed the strategic partnership, Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and regional security…
The snap election of the president continues in Azerbaijan, as of 10:00 a.m., 1,259,371 people, 19.44%, participated in the voting. Elections started at 8:00, polling stations will be open until 19:00. Aliyev voted with his family in Stepanakert. Seven candidates are competing for the position of president: the current head of the…
“The country’s independence will not be sold on any visas. Georgians sacrificed lives, and it seems they do not know us,” Mamuka Mdinaradze, leader of the parliamentary majority, posted on Facebook, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. According to Mamuka Mdinaradze, menacing and blackmailing continue for Georgia not to make independent decisions in its national interests….
On January 10, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a telephone conversation with Karen Donfried, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs. Ararat Mirzoyan briefed his counterpart on the humanitarian situation deteriorating daily since December 12, 2022 due to Azerbaijan’s blockade of the only road connecting Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia…
During the weekly briefing, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, answered the question of what role Russia played in the events of 2020. “The role of Russia is documented in the relevant document, under which the signatures of the heads of both Armenia and Azerbaijan are placed, and this role cannot…
US State Department Deputy Spokesman Vedant Patel commented on Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s post on Twitter. “Secretary Blinken is very engaged in facilitating peace discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and we are encouraged by the progress made toward lasting and sustainable peace in the South Caucasus. We very much appreciate Nikol Pashinyan’s message on…
The Iranian authorities have announced the formation and implementation of a new system for vessel passage through the Strait of Hormuz, the state television of the Islamic Republic reported. According to its information, vessels intending to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, “after notifying the Iranian authorities, must receive an electronic message from them,…
Lithuanian Prime Minister Inga Ruginiene said on Monday that her country would begin shooting down smuggler balloons crossing the country’s border with Belarus, Reuters reports. These balloons have repeatedly disrupted the air traffic of this Baltic country. NATO member Lithuania closed Vilnius airport four times last week after balloons invaded its airspace, and each…
Reuters. A U.S. judge dismissed on Monday (April 13) Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over an article asserting the U.S. president’s name was on a 2003 birthday greeting for the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, but said Trump could re-file the case. Miami-based U.S. District Judge Darrin Gayles…
Deciding the date and place of signing the long-awaited peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia is the competence of those states, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said in an interview with RIA Novosti. “At the same time, of course, we cannot look on indifferently at what is happening in the South Caucasus. Historically, Russia…
Syria has applied to join BRICS, said the country’s ambassador to Russia, Bashar Jaafari. “We are very interested in joining BRICS. We have sent written requests to join the organization,” he told TASS on the sidelines of the conference called North Caucasus: New Geostrategic Opportunities. BRICS has gone through two waves of expansion…
The Pentagon on Tuesday said that it was reducing the number of US Army Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs) in Europe from three to four, DW reports. The chief Pentagon spokesman, Sean Parnell, said in a statement that the US was reducing the number of its soldiers on the continent as a result of a…
On February 17, Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Defense Arman Sargsyan received the delegation of the Kimmo Kiljunen (Finland) and Boriana Åberg (Sweden), co-rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for Armenia and the Committee’s Secretary Matthew Monin, who arrived in the Republic of Armenia on a fact-finding…
