It is important not to avoid but address all the problems together no matter how hard they can be, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with the ministers of foreign affairs of the member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Minsk on 20 June, BelTA has learned, Belta reports. …
The United States has started withdrawing from a key military base in northeastern Syria and redeploying its forces to northern Iraq, marking the first phase of a pullout expected to last several weeks, Al Jazeera reports. Heavy machinery, personnel and trucks carrying armoured vehicles could be seen moving on Monday in the northwestern city…
United States President Donald Trump has ruled out sending US troops to Ukraine to guarantee its security in the event of an agreement to end Russia’s war in the country, Al Jazeera reports. Asked during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday what assurances he could provide that US troops would not be deployed…
Greens EFA (European Free Alliance) of the European Parliament is fully in solidarity with the people of Armenia, said Viola von Cramon-Taubadel, a member of the European Parliament. “We call for sustainable peace and an independent investigation of war crimes!”
Nickolay Mladenov, who is set to become the Director of the Board of Peace for Gaza, met Friday with Hussein Al-Sheikh, Vice President of the Palestinian Authority and Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the PLO, Al-Sheikh posted on X. On Thursday, the Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reported that the…
On September 27, a telephone conversation took place between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Lavrov and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Bayramov, the Russian Foreign Ministry reports. The situation in Nagorno-Karabakh was discussed, including “issues of providing humanitarian aid to the Armenian population, ensuring their rights and security”….
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that “Whatever sanctions EU member states agree on, we’ll back them,” Hungary Today reports. In an interview with public news channel M1 on Sunday, he stressed that “strategic composure is necessary in time of war.” Orbán reiterated his position that Hungary must “concentrate efforts on staying out of…
Hamas freed two dozen hostages held in Gaza and Israel released nearly 40 imprisoned Palestinians on Friday, completing the first exchange in a tense, temporary truce that halted the fighting after seven weeks of war, The New York Times reports. The cease-fire, reached after weeks of painstaking negotiation with the help of Egypt, Qatar…
French President Emmanuel Macron ordered an increase in the country’s nuclear warhead stockpile and vowed he would not flinch if the country’s “vital interests” were threatened, in a landmark speech from a ballistic-missile submarine base in north-western France, Euronews reports. “I have ordered an increase in the number of nuclear warheads in our arsenal,”…
Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has sent a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo vehemently opposing the Commerce Department’s apparent plans to consider granting a license to permit the export of rifles – possibly including assault-style or sniper semiautomatic rifles – to Azerbaijan, reports the Armenian Assembly of…
Armenia and Azerbaijan are close to peace, we hope that the still unresolved issues will be resolved in the near future, Elchin Amirbekov, the special representative of the President of Azerbaijan, stated. “Now we are close to peace. We hope that the rest of the issues will be resolved very soon,” the Azerbaijani official…
The Russian peacekeeping contingent recorded one violation of the cease-fire regime by Azerbaijan in Shushi region, there were no casualties. This is stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “The command of the Russian peacekeeping troops is conducting a joint investigation on the fact with the Azerbaijani and Armenian…
On July 8, the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia Alen Simonyan received the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Estonia Riina Kaljurand. At the meeting the priorities of cooperation of the parliaments of the two countries and the continuity of cooperation within the framework of the parliamentary diplomacy…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said time to return to the table. “Today I hosted direct talks between Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. As I conveyed during the meeting, it is time for troops to disengage and diplomats to return to the table” US top diplomat said…
Georgia’s parliament speaker on Monday vowed to override the presidential veto on divisive legislation that sparked weeks of mass protests by critics who see it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union, AP reports. The legislation, passed by the parliament earlier this month, requires media and…
Political observer of the regional publication JAMnews Shahin Rzayev was arrested, Turan News agency reports. Rzayev is a journalist with extensive work experience. He is known for his involvement in numerous regional civil society projects aimed at achieving peace in the South Caucasus. Periodically, Rzayev expressed criticism of the Azerbaijani authorities.
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…
Turkey is ready to host a peace summit between Russia and Ukraine, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday after talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul, France 24 reports. NATO member Turkey has been positioning itself as a potential mediator between Moscow and Kyiv since Russia launched its invasion more than two years…
Reuters. An expanding Hurricane Milton closed in on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday (October 9), spawning tornados and lashing the region with rain and wind hours ahead of its expected landfall near Tampa Bay, where it could deliver a life-threatening surge of seawater to waterfront communities already battered by Hurricane Helene. As many as…
Eight days Lachin corridor is closed by Azerbaijan, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Twitter. “People of Nagorno-Karabakh are stuck on the roads in the cold, families are finding themselves in different sides of the blockade. Citizens with serious health problems are deprived of medicine and health service,” Pashinyan tweeted.
Iran’s foreign minister said: Israel’s presence in the Caucasus is one of the most important issues, and Iran warns all parties to act wisely regarding Israel and not open Israel’s foot to the Caucasus, IRNA reports. Hossein Amirabdollahian, after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara at a joint press conference, stated: We…
At the end of February, representatives of the Red Cross visited the former officials of Nagorno-Karabakh detained in Azerbaijan. Zara Amatuni, head of communication programs of the delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Armenia, told ‘Lurer’ that they met separately, conditions were created for contact with their families. At…
US President Donald Trump said Friday that he is ready to use the U.S. military to resume strikes on Iran if peace talks in Pakistan are not successful, The Hill reports. “We have a reset going. We’re loading up the ships with the best ammunition, the best weapons ever made — even better than what…
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…
French Senator Valérie Boyer gave a speech in the French Senate. She spoke about the Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire and reminded that inside the walls of the Senate and in the press she repeatedly called to help Armenia and prevent another military aggression of Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh, but they were…
Türkiye is a key partner for stability in the South Caucasus, Mediterranean and Black Sea regions, Marta Kos, European Commissioner for Enlargement, stated on X. “With Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, we continue our positive agenda for EU-Türkiye relations. We will intensify work to support the Peace Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” she stated. Նյութերը…
On the penultimate day of registration for Iran’s snap presidential election, former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was among the high-profile names to file their nomination. Ahmadinejad, who served as the country’s president for two consecutive four-year terms between 2005 and 2013, appeared at the election headquarters in Tehran on Sunday morning, flanked by close aides….
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…
As Azerbaijan prepares to host the next UN climate change conference, COP29, a group of Azerbaijani human rights defenders has launched a joint campaign to end repression in Azerbaijan, the “Progress & Change Action Laboratory”, a Geneva-based non-profit advisory group, said in a statement. “By joining forces under the name of Anar Mammadli, the…
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan wrote on his Twitter that a peace treaty will be signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “There will be a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan, and it will be based on the joint official statements adopted at the highest level. There won’t be а new escalation! The international community…
