Turkey will continue to block oil tankers without appropriate insurance letters from its waters and has said it needs time to make checks, Reuters reports.   The country’s maritime authority on Thursday dismissed pressure from abroad over a growing queue of vessels.   The number of tankers waiting in the Black Sea — to cross…

Armenian urban search and rescue teams, using all possible search methods and means, have been applying their skills for three days in a row in the areas affected by the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria to eliminate the consequences of destruction, search for people in collapsed buildings, dismantle the rubble, open, erect tents and…

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov left for Israel and Palestine on an official visit. As part of the visit, meetings with high-ranking representatives of Israel and Palestine are planned for March 29-30. Bayramov will also participate in the opening ceremony of the Azerbaijani Embassy to Israel.

Following a failed mutiny of the Wagner group in Russia, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have had a phone conversation, Kremlin reported on Monday,IRNA reports.   During the phone call, the Iranian president reportedly voiced Tehran’s support for the measures taken by the Russian government to deal with the June…

Dr. Taner Akçam shared new revelations about the planning of the Armenian Genocide during a lecture at Fresno State University on March 3, the Armenian Mirror Spektator reports. Akçam, director of the Armenian Genocide Research Program at the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA, has discovered new telegrams and validated previously known documents sent by members of the ruling…

Local news sources on Wednesday reported that a blast occurred in the Sabiha Gokcen International Airport in Turkey’s Istanbul. The blast occurred due to the explosion of a gas pipe in the airport, according to the news. Following the explosion, the flights were suspended and the planes that were going to land at the Sabiha Gokcen Airport…

The trilateral meeting of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan, the President of the European Council Charles Michel and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took place in Brussels. As a result of the discussion, agreements were reached on the further course of work on the opening of…

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov left for Turkey on an official visit.   According to the report, “In the framework of the visit, Minister Bayramov will have meetings with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and other high-ranking officials.”

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General made a statement on the issue of border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “The Secretary-General has been closely following the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He welcomes the agreement reached on 19 April between the respective State Commissions on the delimitation of the state border between Armenia…

Russia has initiated supplies of 15,000 metric tons of gasoline and 20,000 metric tons of diesel fuel to Armenia at the request of Yerevan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.   “In response to the address of Armenian leadership, Russia has started supplies of petroleum products the republic needs. This refers to 15,000 metric tons of…

European Union deal to allow Russia to transit some sanctioned goods to its Kaliningrad exclave via the EU, but the problem had not been resolved, Reuters reports. “There’s no solution to this problem just yet. We are expecting some progress (to allow Russia to transit goods), but at the moment we can’t say that the…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he predicted a crisis in the opposition alliance. “Let them do what they want, it doesn’t matter, we will continue on our way. We think about us and you, and they think about property,” Erdogan said. Oppositionist Meral Aksener announced yesterday that the “six alliance” no longer reflects…

After a chain of meetings and exchange of proposals and responses, Good Party leader Meral Aksener has once again taken her seat at the Table of Six. The leader of Turkey’s nationalist Good Party returned to the opposition alliance days after signalling exit by accusing other party leaders of “imposing” a presidential candidate, giving precedence to “personal…

In the Circassian Cultural Center, repairs have been completed, which is equal to a high-quality office restoration. Repair in the Center, carried out by specialists with practical experience in this field in Israel, began on September 15 and ended on November 15. The entire office was updated – cabinets, a conference hall, etc. Charitable support…

Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador with Special Assignments of Armenia, in his X microblog, referred to the new conditions presented to Armenia by the President of Azerbaijan Aliyev.   “In March 2022, Azerbaijan proposed five fundamental principles on which the peace treaty with Armenia had to be based, namely: Mutual recognition by states of sovereignty, territorial integrity,…

As we reported earlier, a humanitarian cargo was sent from Armenia to Turkey to provide aid to the regions affected by the earthquake. The trucks crossed the territory of Turkey through the Margara bridge between the two countries, which had not been used for about 30 years since 1993.

Finland has secured the support of its NATO partners in case of a direct threat even before actually joining the alliance, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said on Wednesday, TASS reports. “Being in the ‘NATO waiting room’, we have received assurances of support from many major players: the US, the UK, key European countries,” Haavisto…

Russian-US talks did take place in Ankara on Monday at the initiative of the United States, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS.   “Such negotiations did, indeed, take place. They were initiated by the US side,” the Kremlin spokesman said.   Peskov avoided disclosing the subject matter of the conversations. Earlier, Reuters, citing a…

Russian and Turkish Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, discussed the situation around Ukraine and the implementation of the Istanbul agreements, the Kremlin press service said on Friday after their telephone conversation. The two leaders agreed to continue personal contacts, TASS reports. “The leaders exchanged views on the situation around Ukraine in the context of…

The death toll of servicemen after the tragedy in Makeyevka increased to 89, First Deputy Head of the Main Military-Political Department of the Russian Armed Forces Lieutenant General Sergey Sevryukov told reporters, TASS reports. All the efforts were taken to save injured individuals immediately after the tragedy, the General noted. “The first medical aid was…

In an interview with the American edition of The Wall Street Journal, Volodymyr Zelensky said that the daily losses of the Ukrainian army have decreased due to the supply of Western weapons and their effective use at the front.   According to the president, in May-June, the daily losses of the army amounted to 100…