Azerbaijani fitness trainer Kamil Zeynalli was detained at Moscow’s ՛Domodedovo՛ airport. The issue of his detention is under the control of the Embassy of Azerbaijan to Russia, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic informed. Zeynalli stated on his Instagram social network page that he was brought to the police station because Armenia…
A Sukhoi Superjet passenger plane crashed in the Moscow region on Friday (July 12) and three crew members were presumed killed, the Russian emergencies ministry said, Reuters reports. It said the plane had crashed in woodland near the city of Kolomna and there had been no casualties apart from those on board. The cause…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday (July 8) said that there will hopefully be a peace deal soon between Azerbaijan and Armenia, but offered no other details. “NATO’s now at 5% for the first time ever, the highest numbers ever. A peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, a…
NATO’s Secretary General Mark Rutte on Thursday backed U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments this week that NATO member countries should shoot down Russian drones and airplanes if they enter their airspace, if such a move was necessary, Reuters reports. “If so necessary. So I totally agree here with President Trump: if so necessary,” Rutte…
Baku hopes to hold another round of negotiations between Azerbaijani and Armenian officials on the draft peace agreement in the near future. Elchin Amirbekov, an Azerbaijani presidential envoy for special assignments, said this in an interview with the Estonian television, reports Sputnik Azerbaijan. According to him, “the opening of [regional] communication is an integral…
Armenia and Azerbaijan reciprocally supported each other’s candidacies to host EPC, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in a post on X. “I also welcome the decision to hold the EPC Summit in Azerbaijan in 2028. It’s important to emphasize that Armenia and Azerbaijan reciprocally supported each others candidacies to host EPC,” said Pashinyan.
The most important tool of the prevention of genocide is dialogue and cooperation, including between Baku and Stepanakert, Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said in his remarks during the 4th Global Forum against the Crime of Genocide in Yerevan. “I don’t want us to consider and perceive genocide as something that cannot be avoided…
The ruling Georgian Dream party officially nominated Irakli Kobakhidze as the candidate for the position of Prime Minister, Georgian Public TV reports. Irakli Garibashvili, the new GD chair, announced at the party congress that Irakli Kobakhidze would be the GD’s candidate for the Prime Minister position, expressing his wishes for his success. A…
Remarks by Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan at the meeting with the Heads of diplomatic representations accredited in Armenia. Dear colleagues, As you already know, around midnight on September 13, the armed forces of Azerbaijan launched a large-scale attack in the southern and southeastern directions of the Republic of Armenia, in fact,…
The representation of France in the OSCE responded to the blockade of the Lachin Corridor and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations. “Together with the EU, France will continue to contribute to the development of dialogue between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including within the framework of the OSCE. France calls on Azerbaijan to restore freedom of movement through the Lachin…
A discussion on “Relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan and the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and the Lachin Corridor” was held in the European Parliament. During the question-and-answer session, MEP Francois Xavier Bellamy strongly criticized Azerbaijan’s blockade of the Lachin Corridor, which led to a humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. “The Court of Justice has condemned…
In Europe, the most welcoming country is Armenia, according to the Euronews.travel. The country extends relaxed visa rules to travellers from 135 countries, placing it in 26th place in the overall leaderboard. Kosovo offers this welcome to 109 countries, while Moldova does to 103. Most European countries are a little stricter, offering visa-free…
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says several institutions and individuals from the European Union will be included in the Islamic Republic’s blacklist of sanctions, days after some European countries imposed a set of bans on the country under false pretexts, ParsToday reports. “In the coming days, the names of several institutions and individuals from the…
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…
The European Union warmly welcomes Foreign Minister Bayramov to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his address and his personal engagement in this forum. Azerbaijan is an important partner for the EU. We have an interest in continuing and strengthening our good cooperation, particularly on energy, reforms, trade, and investments. Connectivity and energy…
Head of the Office of The Representative on International Legal Matters Yeghishe Kirakosyan delivered opening remarks during a hearing of Application of The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (Armenia V. Azerbaijan) in International Court Of Justice, The Hague, The Netherlands, on April 16, 2024. He spoke on it during oral…
Greece welcomes the announced agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a significant step towards ending decades of conflict in South Caucasus, Embassy of Armenia to Greece reports. “We commend both sides and the US Administration for making progress towards the normalisation of relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan possible. The signing and ratification of…
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading “fake news,” Agence France-Presse reported. The new rules cement the government’s already-firm grip on the media eight months before a general election that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan enters trailing in…
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…
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov will meet on Saturday, July 16. The meeting will take place in Tbilisi, Georgia, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Vahan Hunanyan informs. The Foreign Ministers last met in Dushanbe in Mid-May. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov also participated in the meeting.
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.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has voiced Tehran’s readiness to promote relations with France based on honesty and trust, IRNA reports. Pezeshkian who was answering a phone call from his French counterpart Emanuel Macron on Monday, expressed serious concern over tightened tensions in southern Lebanese borders with the Zionist regime, warning about the repercussions of…
China’s commerce ministry on Thursday urged the United States to stop putting “extreme pressure” on the world’s second-largest economy and demanded respect in any trade talks, but the two sides remained at an impasse over who should start those talks, Reuters reports. The Donald Trump administration has been ramping up pressure on China by…
President of the European Council Charles Michel, following the trilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 31 August 2022, issued a statement. As agreed during our last meeting in May, I hosted President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia today. This was our…
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.”
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone call on Saturday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. That’s according to Erdogan’s press service, Ukrinform reports. The parties discussed the Russo-Ukrainian war, as well as a conflict between Israel and Palestine and the humanitarian crisis in the region. “Stating that it is possible…
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 International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said that at least 22 people have been killed and 45 others were injured in a shell attack Friday that damaged the structure of its Gaza office, which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced people residing in tents, Reuters reports. The ICRC said in a statement…
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…
EU welcomes the sustained engagement from Armenia and Azerbaijan FMs in 4 days of negotiations in Washington, Toivo Klaar, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, wrote on Twitter. “Encouraging news from Washington. Progress can only be made through dialogue. We continue to stand with Armenia and Azerbaijan and work…
