Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden met with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Indonesia’s Bali island on Tuesday (November 15). Agenda items for the NATO members could include extending a deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports to continue; Ankara’s request for F-16 jets; NATO enlargement; and the weekend Istanbul…
Today, the meeting of EU foreign ministers will be held in Brussels, during which, according to a high-ranking representative, the situation around Armenia will be discussed, it is planned to approve the new EU mission for Armenia, which should contribute to the settlement in the region. According to the diplomat, the EU is concerned about…
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and US President Donald Trump discussed the security situation in Greenland and the Arctic in a phone call on Sunday. “We will continue working on this, and I look forward to seeing him in Davos later this week,” Rutte said in a post on US social media company X….
Swedish delegation from the Swedish Agency for Peace, Security and Development, the Swedish Police and the Swedish Contingencies Agency visited the Forward Operating Bases (FOBs) in Yeghegnadzor, Ijevan, Martuni, Jermuk, Goris and Kapan to meet with the Swedish Mission Members, the EU Mission in Armenia (EUMA) said in a post on X. “Sweden is…
Trump said in a post on Truth Social that the €2.95 billion fine was “unfair” and “discriminatory” and later told reporters he will “be speaking to the European Union.” US President Donald Trump has threatened retaliation after the European Commission fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant position in the advertising technology industry,…
The Russian State Duma has adopted a bill in the first reading, according to which the national driving licenses of Armenian citizens engaged in entrepreneurial or business activities related to driving may be adopted in the country.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in an interview with CNN on Friday that he will not run for a third presidential term if he is re-elected. “According to the current regulations, the President can be elected only twice. My first term has ended, now the elections for the second term are underway. If I…
Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of US State Department referred to the withdrawal of Russian Peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh. “We were not party to the negotiated trilateral arrangement that ended the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 and established Russian troops in that region. Frankly, we’ve not seen anything to indicate that Russia’s military was contributing…
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…
It sounds good when we talk about connectivity, international trade and transit, deepening cultural and people-to-people communication. From an economic point of view, increased interconnectedness and interdependence will be beneficial. Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan stated at the Diplomacy Forum in Antalya. “My country, Armenia, is a landlocked country, and we understand very well…
Any assistance by the US is vital to our nationhood. Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan announced this at a joint press conference with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Nancy Pelosi. “We believe that clear sanctions can become another lever to stop Azerbaijan’s expansionist ambitions and authoritarian…
Head of the European Parliament delegation for relations with the South Caucasus, Marina Kaljurand, congratulated Armenia on the occasion of officially joining the ICC. “Sincere congratulations to Armenia on formally joining the International Criminal Court on 1 February 2024! A clear signal of the country’s commitment to the rule of law and a great basis…
Ukraine’s parliament on Wednesday voted to remove multiple officials from their posts amid a mass resignation a day earlier, marking the largest government reshuffle since the start of the country’s war with Russia. Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zheleznyak said on Telegram that the Verkhovna Rada approved the resignations of Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin, Deputy…
For the first time in Georgia’s independent history, Portugal’s Minister of Defence, Helena Carreiras, paid a working visit to Georgia, 1tv.ge reports. Georgia’s Minister of Defence, Juansher Burchuladze, hosted his counterpart. A bilateral meeting was held in the Ministry of Defense following the official welcoming ceremony. Ministers discussed current concerns and international security…
Russia’s exclusion from the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is theoretically possible, but it cannot be excluded from the Security Council. This was stated by the permanent representative of Russia to the world organization Vasily Nebenzya on the air of Channel One, TASS reports. “The talk that someone can expel us from the Security Council…
There was a need for an urgent UNESCO fact-finding mission, proposed by UNESCO Secretary-General Audrey Azoulay, to protect the Armenian cultural and religious heritage from the imminent threat of extinction in the post-war territories under the control of Azerbaijan. This was stated by the press secretary of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Vahan Hunanyan. The statement…
Artsakh (Nagorno Karabakh) Foreign Ministry issued a statement on the 33rd anniversary of the Armenian pogroms in Baku. “On these days, we pay tribute to the memory of the innocent victims of the mass pogroms of Armenians in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, carried out 33 years ago. Murders, robberies, violence and atrocities committed…
A fire broke out in a shop located in the market area of Masalli town, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan reported. Employees of the state fire service and law enforcement agencies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived at the scene. According to preliminary information, the fire broke out in the…
Ilham Aliyev, President of Azerbaijan once again openly threatened Armenia, as well as Iran, the international community and the parties making efforts to establish peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan. During his speech in occupied Shushi, Aliyev, once again distorting the reality, stated that Armenia had committed to “provide the Zangezur Corridor and withdraw all its…
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, has proposed imposing sanctions on Israeli government members to the 27 EU member states, dpa reports. The proposed sanctions target Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, dpa learned from EU officials shortly before an EU foreign ministers’ meeting on Thursday. …
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said he would welcome introduction of visa-free travel for Georgian citizens by the United States Government, adding the move would “not create any challenges” for the US’ migration policy, agenda.ge reports. Kobakhidze said there was “no progress” in introducing direct flights, establishing free trade and strengthening trade…
The session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the EU started in Brussels, chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. Before the start of the session, Borrell noted that his first meeting before the conference of foreign ministers of EU Eastern Partnership countries will…
Leaders of the Group of Seven leading western industrial economies did not discuss Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposals for peace in Ukraine since everyone knew they were not serious, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said, Reuters reports. Speaking from Italy shortly before leaving for Switzerland, where a Ukraine conference opens on Saturday, Scholz said Putin’s…
The meetings and discussions of the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations regarding the peace process are of great importance. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said this within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. According to him, before the February 28-29 meeting in Berlin, there were no negotiations with such a structure for seven months. “After…
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!”
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…
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened trade penalties, including tariffs, against Spain, saying he is unhappy with its refusal to raise defense spending to 5% and calling the move disrespectful to NATO, Reuters reports. “I’m very unhappy with Spain. They’re the only country that didn’t raise their number up to 5%… so I’m…
France is ready to participate in the EU civilian mission to Armenia, French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna tweeted. “This is a very important decision, and France will be happy to take part in this European mission,” she said. The EU Council agreed to establish a European Union civil mission in Armenia (EUMA) within the framework…
In the near future, one of Israel’s defense industry enterprises will supply Azerbaijan with two satellites worth $120 million, Israeli media reports, citing the Israeli Foreign Minister’s office and law enforcement agencies. Earlier this week, after his visit to Azerbaijan, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen announced that the two countries are expanding cooperation in the…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke with his US counterpart Marco Rubio by phone on Monday and discussed the latest developments in Syria and the humanitarian situation in Gaza, diplomatic sources said, Anadolu reports. Fidan and Rubio discussed efforts to establish a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, the sources added. Fidan and Rubio…
