President of the European Council Charles Michel referred to his meeting with Armenian Prime Minster Nikol Pashinyan. “Good discussion with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on EU-Armenia relations and Armenia-Azerbaijan normalisation. The agenda of peace, stability and prosperity for the South Caucasus is high on EU’s agenda”, Michel said in a post on X.
Spanish daily newspaper El País published today two documents that it claims are the confidential responses by the NATO and the U.S. to Moscow’s security demands, which included refusing further enlargement of the Alliance to former Soviet Republics, including Georgia and Ukraine. The leak comes as both NATO and the U.S. formally reiterated with Russia their commitment to…
The Azerbaijani government is working on the implementation of the so-called ‘Zangezur Corridor’, the head of the State Customs Service of Azerbaijan, Shahin Bagirov, said. “Now we are working on creating checkpoints of the ‘Zangezur Corridor’. At the same time, we are working on new projects, and construction works will begin in the next…
Russia has expressed extreme concern over the frequent ceasefire violations in Nagorno Karabakh and the continuing blockade of Lachin Corridor. “According to the existing information, the humanitarian situation in the region is deteriorating. Regrettably we have to note that due to the suspension of supplies the population of Karabakh could be left without food,…
The credentials of Azerbaijan’s delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) have been challenged on substantive grounds on the opening day of the 2024 winter plenary session. Making the challenge, Frank Schwabe (Germany, SOC) cited political prisoners in the country, the violent displacement of people from Nagorno-Karabakh, the fact that…
The Taliban government has removed books written by women from the university teaching system in Afghanistan as part of a new ban which has also outlawed the teaching of human rights and sexual harassment, BBC reports. Some 140 books by women – including titles like “Safety in the Chemical Laboratory” – were among 680…
After meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, Donald Trump had a phone conversation with Vladimir Putin. It lasted about 40 minutes, said Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov. According to him, the US president informed Putin about the talks held at the White House with the Ukrainian President and leaders of a number…
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani will arrive in Armenia on July 7 at the invitation of Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan, the Office of Mr. Grigoryan said. During his working visit, Ali Shamkhani will meet with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Working discussions between the Secretaries of the Armenian and Iranian Security Councils…
Dr. ELISA VON JOEDEN-FORGEY, Co-founder of Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Davit Muradyan discussed Fourth Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide kicked off in Yerevan and the genocide-prevention issues.
Reuters. U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday (March 24) Iran is negotiating with his government “but they’re afraid to say it.” Addressing the National Republican Congressional Committee fundraising dinner in D.C., Trump said leaders in Iran are afraid “they’ll be killed by their own people. They’re also afraid they’ll be killed by us.” …
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov has held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The ministers discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation agenda, as well as the current situation in the region. The sides stressed the importance of activities within the regional formats, and enhancing efforts in this…
US President Donald Trump is considering deploying up to 1,000 National Guard troops to D.C. and could make the announcement as early as Monday, one defense official and two U.S. officials confirmed on Sunday night, NBC Washington reports. Trump has vowed to “stop violent crime” in D.C. and posted on Truth Social multiple times…
The decision to dissolve the OSCE Minsk Group is a vital step supporting the Azerbaijan-Armenia peace process, Finland’s Foreign Minister and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Elina Valtonen said at the 32nd meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers. “I witnessed positive progress in the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia. In August, we made a decision to…
Apart from a number of statements and videos, the fact of the use of phosphorus weapons by Azerbaijan during the 44-day war was also confirmed by an expert examination (Statement of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh): https://t.ly/gSTR ). This was stated in the Facebook post of Artsakh Human Rights Defender Gegham…
On the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, the Permanent Mission of Armenia to the United Nations, in partnership with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation New York Office, convened a roundtable entitled “From Ambition to Action: Strengthening Biodiversity Governance and Financing.” The discussion brought together representatives of Member States, the United Nations system,…
Israeli football fans have clashed with apparent pro-Palestinian protesters before and after a Europa League football match between their team Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam, according to media reports and officials, AL Jazeera reports. The clashes reportedly took place outside the Johan Cruyff Arena on Thursday night, the city’s main arena and…
The meeting of the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Islamic Republic of Iran Arsen Avagyan with the Rector of the University of Tehran Seyed Mohammad Moghimi and the management staff of the university took place on June 6, 2022. Issues related to the development of cooperation between the educational and scientific…
The fact that the world’s attention is focused on the COP29 conference in Baku provides an excellent opportunity to sign a peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Elchin Amirbekov, Azerbaijani presidential envoy for special assignments, said in an interview with NE Global. “Recently, an agreement was reached between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the mutual…
Iran has officially dropped a key “red line” demand that had been a major sticking point in efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal, a senior administration official told CNN. In its Monday response to a draft nuclear deal agreement proposed by the European Union — which the EU has described as a “final”…
The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for the first time publicly spoke about the developments around the Lachin Corridor and again blamed Armenia, the international community, and, as he said, “Armenia’s patrons”. According to Aliyev, the created situation “caused anti-Azerbaijani hysteria not only in Armenia, but also among Armenia’s foreign patrons, who started a slanderous…
A powerfully worded U.S. Congressional letter to President Joe Biden, spearheaded by Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA), called for decisive U.S. action in response to Azerbaijan’s blockade of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), a bipartisan reaffirmation of demands to stop U.S. military aid to Azerbaijan and restart humanitarian assistance to the Armenians of Artsakh, the Armenian National Committee of…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has arrived in Moscow, where he will participate in the session of the CIS Heads of State Council, reports the press service of the Azerbaijani leader. At the airport, Aliyev was welcomed by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and other officials. Earlier, the press service of the Kremlin…
The Kremlin on Wednesday welcomed a two-week ceasefire agreed between the United States and Iran, and said Russia hopes that the U.S. will now have the time and scope to resume three-way peace talks on Ukraine, Reuters reports. In a call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “We received the news of a…
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…
U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Richard Mills’s remarks at the UNSC Briefing on aggression by Azerbaijan against Armenia. “Mr. President. Thank you, Secretary General Jenča for your useful briefing this morning. Let me begin by noting that we are deeply troubled over the outbreak of violence along the Armenia and Azerbaijan…
Reuters. Turkey has informed NATO that ratification of Sweden’s membership bid will not be completed in time to allow the country’s accession ceremony at a meeting of alliance foreign ministers next week, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Last week, the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission delayed a vote on Sweden’s…
The meeting on Wednesday saw Iran’s Foreign Minister’s Senior Advisor for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji and Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ahmet Yildiz discussing the latest political and international issues related to Syria as well as the situation on the ground in the Arab country, IRNA reports. Khaji and Yildiz conferred about future…
US Vice-President Kamala Harris said she is going to accept the nomination to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States next week. “I am honored to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. I will officially accept the nomination next week. This campaign is about people coming…
Finnish President Alexander Stubb signed amendments to the country’s Nuclear Energy Act allowing the import, transit and transportation of nuclear weapons through Finland, the Finnish Parliament said. The law will take effect July 1. The legislation removes previous restrictions on such activities and adapts Finnish law to the country’s new security environment following…
The Foreign Affairs Committee at European Parliament questioned Kaja Kallas, Estonian candidate for High Representative/Vice-President for foreign affairs and security policy, the EP press office reports. In her introductory statement, Ms Kallas pledged to work on strengthening the EU’s position in the world and safeguarding its geopolitical and economic security. She also called for…
