Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has said the Islamic Republic is committed to peace and security in the region but reserves the right to respond to the Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh on Iranian soil, IRNA reports. The president made the remarks as he took a phone call from French President Emmanuel Macron, who expressed…
The latest events on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border have nothing to do with Karabakh, according to President of Russia Vladimir Putin. “The latest event has nothing to do with Karabakh, that’s an entirely different area on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. We really regret the loss of life,” Putin told reporters at the end of the Shanghai Cooperation…
IRNA. After examining the timing of the election process, the heads of branches of power decided June 28 as the time for the election to determine the new president and announced: the registration of candidates will be done on the May 30-June 3, and the election campaign period will be from June 12-27. Article…
In an interview with the Azerbaijani media, the Special Representative of the European Union in the South Caucasus, Toivo Klaar, referred to the peace process between Azerbaijan and Armenia. “We have appreciated the leaders’ and other interlocutors’ interest in keeping us appraised of both the political developments in the region as well as of…
Michael Roth, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Bundestag, reaffirmed Germany’s assistance to Armenia. “We stand with Armenia! Stop Azerbaijani and Russian aggression against Armenian democracy. The EU must act now. Thanks to Armenian colleagues for inspiring conversation about peace, reconciliation and stability in South Caucasus”, Rott posted on his account…
Canada supports efforts to establish peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia as soon as possible, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said at a meeting with board members of the Network of Azerbaijani Canadians. The foreign minister noted that Canada hopes for the soonest successful completion of the peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia under the…
Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler emphasized Turkey’s firm stance on the situation in Syria during a discussion with journalists. Guler stated: “We may consider withdrawal once our border security is ensured.” According to him, Turkey used to have three anti-terrorist brigades, and now it has 20, and now it is carrying out long-term and…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early Friday that a missile and drone attack caused significant damage to the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier. In a statement, the IRGC said the US Navy carrier was targeted during operations in the region. The statement did not provide details on the extent of the…
Bulgaria has charged five people with helping one of the suspects in last weekend’s bombing in central Istanbul which killed six people and wounded 81, prosecutors said, RFE/RL’s Bulgarian Service reports. Five people have been charged with assisting the suspect and giving him “logistical” help to flee, Siyka Mileva, a spokeswoman for the Sofia prosecutor’s office, said on…
There is no legal ground that at any time any de-jure Azerbaijani enclave has existed in the territory of Armenia, Armenia’s Ambassador at-large Edmon Marukyan told Armenpress when asked to respond to the Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov’s statements. Question: The Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalafov said that on April 6 in Brussels the…
During the previous day, the Russian peacekeeping troops recorded two violations of the ceasefire regime in Martuni and Shushi regions, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh). There were no casualties. This is stated in the official bulletin of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. “According to these facts, the command of the Russian peacekeeping force is conducting a joint…
Reuters. Venezuela’s government said on Monday (January 12) that 116 prisoners have been released “in the past few hours,” according to a statement from the Penitentiary Services Ministry, though rights groups reported a lower figure. The government statement follows three days of reports from rights organizations about delays in the releases, which the Foro…
Russian Defense Ministry reported that 68 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed overnight in the territory of the Federation. The ministry said the targeted areas included Bryansk, Smolensk, Tver, Rostov, Kursk, and Kaluga regions, the Krasnodar Territory, as well as Crimea. It is known that a fire broke out at an oil depot in Smolensk….
On February 25, at the U.S. Department of Treasury Ambassador Narek Mkrtchyan met with Deputy Assistant Secretary Rebecca Burch, Armenian Embassy to the U.S. reports. During the meeting, the parties discussed issues related to Armenia–U.S. economic and financial cooperation, ongoing reforms in Armenia, as well as opportunities for expanding bilateral cooperation. Ambassador Mkrtchyan and…
The foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey met within the framework of the summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation in Gambia. Jeyhun Bayramov and Hakan Fidan exchanged thoughts about Baku-Ankara alliance relations, which, according to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan, are dynamically developing and have reached a qualitatively…
Annalena Baerbock and Jean-Noël Barrot hope to show a “new beginning” is possible between Europe and Syria, Euronews reports. The German and French foreign ministers travelled to Damascus to send what the German minister described as a clear signal that a “new political beginning between Europe and Syria is possible.” It is the…
The United States very much welcome the dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The statement came from US State Department Spokesman Ned Price during a briefing on the Pashinyan-Aliyev talks in Brussels. “We remain committed to promoting a peaceful, democratic, and prosperous future for the South Caucasus region as part of that. We do urge this…
U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today delivered remarks on the Senate floor against the Armenian humanitarian crisis and called for Congress to end support for the Azerbaijani government that perpetuated this assault. “Wherever assaults are launched without warning whether it’s Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine, Azerbaijan’s invasion of Nagorno-Karabakh, or Hamas’ barbaric terrorist attack…
The meeting between Recep Erdogan and Ilham Aliyev took place in Istanbul. The presidents of Turkey and Azerbaijan exchanged ideas on the agenda of peace and regulation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Erdogan and Aliyev discussed the prospects and further deepening of cooperation in the political, economic, trade, energy, military and military-technical fields. Aliyev…
Western countries are not trying to bring peace and stability to Armenia and the South Caucasus as a whole, their task is to squeeze out Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told TASS in an exclusive interview. “Now Armenia is facing a number of challenges. And it will not be possible to solve them…
The situation in the South Caucasus is in the center of Russia’s attention. Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Ivan Nechayev said this during a briefing in response to the question of ‘Lurer’. “On August 4, the Russian Foreign Ministry made a statement regarding the escalation of the…
The Russian Foreign Ministry also responded to the statement of Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an interview with France 24, according to which Armenia practically “froze participation in the CSTO structures”, because the alliance did not fulfill its obligations towards Armenia. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Armenia continues to be a full…
At least 247 suspects have been arrested in investigations into building collapses in southern Turkey in connection with the Feb. 6 earthquakes, according to judicial sources, Anadolu reports. They include 93 contractors, 123 building supervisors and 13 owners, the sources said. However, 322 suspects are being monitored under judicial control, including 78 contractors, 177 building…
The meeting of the Prime Ministers of Armenia and Russia Nikol Pashinyan and Mikhail Mishustin took place in Minsk. The head of the Russian Government said in his speech, “Welcome, dear Nikol Vovaevich, I warmly recall our meeting during your official visit. First of all, let me convey the warm greetings and best wishes of…
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Mikhail Galuzin today received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Armenia to Russia Vagharshak Harutyunyan, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed. “During the detailed conversation, topical issues of the bilateral agenda were discussed, as well as the problems of the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement based on the trilateral agreements…
Reuters. Two of President Joe Biden’s top advisers asked U.S. lawmakers to provide billions more dollars to Israel on Tuesday (October 31) at a congressional hearing interrupted repeatedly by protesters denouncing American officials for backing “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza. As the hearing began, a line of protesters raised red-stained hands in the air…
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili held a phone conversation with his Turkish colleague Hakan Fidan, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. According to the Georgian Foreign Ministry, the two FMs underscored their readiness to strengthen strategic partnership between Turkey and Georgia. Ilia Darchiashvili thanked his Turkish counterpart for support of Georgia’s territorial integrity and the…
The procedure for considering Ukraine’s application for membership in the European Union has begun. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Vsevolod Chentsov wrote about this on Twitter, UNIAN reports. “I handed Ukraine’s application for membership in the European Union, signed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, to Philippe…
US Senator Chris Van Hollen issued an announcement on the latest aggression by Azerbaijan in the sovereign territory of Armenia. “Azerbaijan-which has acknowledged its strikes – must immediately halt these attacks against Armenia and the U.S. must hold it accountable. This conflict cannot be resolved by violence”, he Tweeted.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the West’s job should not be to hope for a Ukrainian victory, but to mediate a peace deal. “We should not be on the side of Russia or Ukraine, but between them,” he said, adding that the policy of imposing anti-Russian sanctions did not work. Oleg Nikolenko, spokesman for…
