Germany will halve military aid for Ukraine next year, even with the possibility that Republican candidate Donald Trump could return to the White House and curb support for Kyiv, Reuters reports. German aid to Ukraine will be cut to 4 billion euros ($4.35 billion) in 2025 from around 8 billion euros in 2024, according…
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. …
Iran says it is no longer bound by restrictions on its nuclear program, as a landmark 2015 deal with world powers officially expired, DW reports. From now on, “all of the provisions (of the deal), including the restrictions on the Iranian nuclear program and the related mechanisms, are considered terminated,” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said…
EU countries will discuss further steps to use proceeds from frozen Russian assets in the West, as well as a 19th package of anti-Russian sanctions, this week, the European Politico edition reported. According to a letter from the Danish EU presidency seen by Politico, a meeting of heads of the Union’s foreign policy departments…
In a coordinated diplomatic effort ahead of the talks, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has organized an online meeting between Zelensky and key European leaders. The meeting is scheduled for 3 p.m. Kyiv time on Aug. 13, The Kyiv Independent reports. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will take part in the calls with…
Reuters. The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday (December 10) passed a compromise version of the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, a nearly $1 trillion bill setting policy for the Pentagon that Congress hopes to pass for a 65th straight year. Because it becomes law every year, Congress uses the NDAA as…
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian welcomed his Saudi counterpart at the foreign ministry ahead of bilateral talks and a press conference on Saturday afternoon, Al Jazeera reports. The Saudi minister said he would also have a meeting with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, who has just finished a tour of Latin America. During the…
A regular Cabinet meeting took place today, chaired by Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Before discussing the issues on the agenda, the Prime Minister, on behalf of the government and the people, expressed condolences to the relatives and family members of the victims of the flood that occurred on May 25 in Lori and…
Russian President Vladimir Putin had a phone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the Office of the President of Russia reports. The parties discussed issues of practical implementation of several mutually beneficial projects in the fields of industry and transportation, taking into account the recent communications of Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Baku….
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni discussed bilateral relations, defense cooperation, and regional and global developments during a phone call. In a statement issued on Friday, July 3, Turkey’s Directorate of Communications said Erdogan emphasized the importance of strengthening cooperation between the two countries in all areas, particularly in…
The Passport Index is a classification of countries according to the principle of free movement of their citizens, whether visa-free or visa-on-arrival. According to the 2024 ranking, Georgia is in 34th place in our region. Citizens of the Republic can visit 80 countries without a visa, 51 countries with a visa upon arrival, and…
Iran’s ambassador to Moscow, Kazem Jalali met with Igor Levitin, an aide to the Russian president, exchanging views on ways to expand transportation cooperation, especially the construction project of Rasht-Astara railway, ISNA reports. During the meeting, Kazem Jalali emphasized the importance of this project in developing transportation between the two countries, stressing the need…
Lewis Bono, Chief Adviser for South Caucasus negotiations of the US Department of State, is on a visit to Azerbaijan, reports the US Embassy to Baku. The high-ranking representative of the State Department will meet with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and other officials of the republic. The purpose of the visit is to contribute…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had a phone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on the eve of the COP29 climate conference in Baku. Official representative of the German government, Christiane Hoffmann, informed about this. Scholz discussed with Aliyev the state of peace negotiations with Yerevan and reaffirmed Germany’s readiness to contribute to the establishment…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has launched a petition campaign against a defense plan currently being discussed by European Union leaders, RBC-Ukraine reprots. He announced the move on his Facebook page, warning of a “hot autumn” and saying Europe is rapidly approaching war. Orban noted that a few weeks ago in Copenhagen, Brussels had…
Mushegh Hovsepyan of Armenia has been elected to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) from among 15 candidates. His election marks the first time that an Armenian expert will serve on the Committee, according to a press release from Armenia’s Permanent Mission to the UN. “Armenia remains committed to advancing…
Nearly 200 people have been arrested for alleged poor building construction following the catastrophic earthquake that struck Turkey earlier this month, Turkey’s Justice Ministry said, CNN reports. About 50,000 people were killed across Turkey and Syria after the earthquake struck on February 6. The ministry said that 626 people were “suspects” after buildings fully collapsed or were…
The former mayor of Istanbul has appeared in court as the central defendant in a mass corruption trial that his opposition party and rights groups say is politically motivated, BBC reports. Ekrem Imamoglu, 55, faces more than 140 charges including corruption and running a criminal organisation. Prosecutors are seeking a jail term of up…
The next meeting of the 3+3 regional cooperation platform involving Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia as well as Russia, Turkey and Iran may be held in the next few months, a senior Russian diplomat told TASS. “Work is currently underway to arrange a second 3+3 format meeting. We expect that it will take place in coming…
On October 20, Foreign Minister of Iran Hossein Amir Abdollahian will pay an official visit to Armenia, Armenian Foreign Minisrty reports. On the same day, the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Iran will take place at the Foreign Ministry of Armenia. During the visit, the Foreign Minister of the Republic of…
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 President of the State of Israel, Isaac Herzog, has arrived in Azerbaijan for an state visit, Jerusalem Post reports. A guard of honor was lined up for the Israeli President at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport, decorated with the national flags of the two countries. Israeli President Isaac Herzog was welcomed by…
The US administration will paint sections of its border wall with Mexico black in an effort to deter illegal crossings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Noem announced the measure during a visit to Santa Teresa on New Mexico’s southern border, stressing that the order came directly from President Donald Trump. “That is…
The new head of France’s Louvre Museum warned Wednesday that the world’s most visited museum is “at breaking point” due to aging infrastructure and mounting investment needs. “We can say it without ambiguity … the Louvre is at breaking point,” Christophe Leribault told the French Senate’s Culture Committee. He noted that the institution…
On July 14, the civilian merchant vessel Atlas Bey, owned by the Turkish company Ocean Maritime, was attacked by a drone off the coast of Odesa, Ukraine. This was reported by the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. “Eleven crew members on board are citizens of the Republic of Azerbaijan. According to the available information, with the…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed in a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Saturday the schedule of future high-level and summit meetings, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, TASS reports. “The ministers synchronized their schedules of future high-level and summit meeting,” the ministry said. The Foreign Ministry added that…
France welcomes the visit Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan’s visit to Turkey in the context of Armenia’s aid to the populations affected by the earthquakes, the French Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “As the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna had the opportunity to say during her visit to Turkey in September,…
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that peace in war-torn Ukraine was still not on the horizon and that talks between Moscow and Kyiv to bring the conflict to an end were not possible yet, Reuters reports. Speaking to media at an event in Portugal where he received the University of Lisbon 2020 prize, Guterres said…
Javier Colomina, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, referred to his meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. “Good meeting today with Armenia FM Ararat Mirzoyan in the margins of OSCE Ministerial Council 2023 in North Macedonia. Discussed regional security…
The U.S. Treasury Department’s top sanctions official on a trip to Turkey and the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose access to G7 markets if they do business with entities subject to U.S. curbs as Washington cracks down on Russian attempts to evade sanctions imposed over its war…
