Today’s sham election in Belarus has been neither free, nor fair, Kaja Kallas, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated. “The people of Belarus deserve a real say in who governs their country. The relentless and unprecedented repression of human rights, restrictions to political participation and access to independent…
The Kremlin expects that Belgrade’s sending weapons to Ukraine will not affect Russian-Serbian relations, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists, TASS reports. “This topic was raised during our contacts with the Serbian friends, and clarifications and guarantees were given by our Serbian colleagues. We expect that this is and will be the case,”…
Ukraine will not extend its gas transit agreement with Russia after it expires at the end of 2024, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Monday, Reuters reports. The two held talks in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine and, according to a Ukrainian official, were focused on infrastructure cooperation, energy…
Reuters. Four times the tonnage of the original Open Arms rescue tugboat and with a capacity to carry up to 1,000 people, the shapely Open Arms Uno made its first rescue on Wednesday (August 17) picking up 101 migrants stranded on a wooden boat off the Tunisian coast. “Sit down, if you don’t sit…
The Republic of Armenia and the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the “Parties”) based on the centuries-old friendship between the two peoples, sharing a common view that since the establishment of diplomatic relations on April 6, 1992, bilateral relations have been developing dynamically, and the cooperation between the two countries…
Andy Burnham has pledged he will “be there for” Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky and the UK’s support would remain “resolute” under his premiership, Independent reports. The new Prime Minister indicated that the President of Ukraine would be one of the first foreign leaders he would speak to after replacing Sir Keir Starmer in No 10….
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said that the EU is a committed partner of Armenia and it will develop further the potential in the Economic Investment Plan. “EU is a committed partner of Armenia. Next week, the EU will send a 100-strong mission contributing to peace and stability. We welcome progress…
Police in Istanbul cracked down on May Day demonstrators, preventing union members, activists, and students from gathering in Taksim Square and arresting dozens. International Workers’ Day in Turkey was marked once again by clashes between police and various groups attempting to gather and march in Istanbul’s Taksim Square. Bollards were placed throughout the streets…
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…
Germany will provide financial aid to Syria only if the country’s new authorities respect the rights of women and minorities. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced this on Tagesthemen. She noted that Berlin is not going to support “Islamist structures” and millions of educated citizens who left Syria will never return to their homeland if…
The Nikolaev airport is under the control of the Ukrainian army, said Vitaly Kim, chairman of the Nikolaev regional administration. Our airport! We knocked out. Let’s get comfortable there. Airplanes, however, cannot fly now. But the airport is ours, it is a necessary point,” he said. At dawn on March 7, Kyiv reported that the…
Kazakhstan’s incumbent President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev won Sunday’s presidential election, gaining 81.31% of the vote, Chairman of the country’s Central Election Commission Nurlan Abdirov said at a briefing on Monday, citing preliminary data, TASS reports. “Kassym-Jomart Tokayev gained 81.31% of the vote, or 6,456,392 votes,” he specified. Abdirov added that the data had been provided by…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who arrived in Baku on a working visit, met today with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, TASS reports. Lavrov’s meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeihun Bayramov will also take place in Baku. “The visit of the Russian Foreign Minister coincides with the first anniversary of the bilateral declaration on allied cooperation…
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention is distressed by the news of the death of K. Hovhannisyan, 40, who died of starvation on August 15, 2023, as a direct result of the Azerbaijani blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, as evidenced by reports from both the coroner and the medical examiner of Nagorno-Karabakh. “The Artsakh blockade, which…
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission for the 1 September early parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, following an official invitation from the national authorities, OSCE reports. The mission is headed by Ditmir Bushati and consists of a core team of 11 international experts based in…
The European Union does not have evidence of Chinese weapons supplies to Russia, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said at a forum in Singapore, TASS reports. “China has committed not to supply arms [to Russia] and we don’t have evidence that this is happening,” he said, taking questions from participants in the…
Reuters/CCTV. European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas on Wednesday proposed a package of sanctions against Israel due to its strikes on the Gaza Strip. The proposal included suspending certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel, and sanctions on Hamas. However, the…
President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan, who is in the Islamic Republic of Iran on an official visit, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran Hossein Amir Abdollahian on June 16. After the exchange of greetings, the parties spoke about 30 years of diplomatic relations…
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced on Friday during a parliamentary address on the Gaza crisis that Ankara has closed its airspace to Israeli official and military aircraft, Middle East Eye reports. “We have completely cut off our trade with Israel. We have closed our ports to Israeli ships and are not allowing Turkish…
Russia is planning to issue its debut yuan-denominated bond on the local market this year, sources told Reuters, offering an investment option for the vast amounts of yuan liquidity accumulated by exporters and banks from Russian energy sales to China, Reuters reports. Three financial market sources said the Finance Ministry plans up to four…
According to Hürriyet, Türkiye’s S-400 air defense systems are being delivered to the Gulf states and have already been sold to a third country. Some sources claim that the buyer is the United Arab Emirates, while others say that Qatar has purchased the systems. The newspaper notes that both countries need air defense systems…
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree defining the procedure for accepting foreign citizens to serve in the Russian Armed Forces. It is published on the portal of legal acts. Now Russians with a second citizenship will be drafted into the army for military service and under a contract. In accordance with the decree, military service…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Saturday went to Magdeburg to voice his sympathy and support for the victims of a Christmas market attack that killed five people and left more than 200 injured, Reuters reports. “What a terrible act it is to injure and kill so many people there with such brutality,” Scholz said….
US Congressman Frank Pallone believes that it is indispensable to continue the work toward increasing cooperation between Armenia and the West and bringing stability to the Caucasus, Pallone, a member of the House of Representatives of the US Congress and Co-Chair of the Congressional Armenian Caucus, wrote this on X (former Twitter). “Pleased to see…
On November 16, at 2:30 p.m., a 36-year-old resident of Sarushen village, Askeran district, Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) reported to the Karmir Shuka Department of the Martuni district police department that at around 11:40 a.m. in the agricultural lands belonging to the Sarushen community of Askeran district, in the Amaras valley while carrying out works, the Azerbaijani…
Reuters. .S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday (October 19) he never asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to cede all of the Donbas region to Russia in an earlier meeting, but that it should stay divided as it is. “Let it be cut the way it is. It’s cut up right now. I think…
As the security situation in Lebanon deteriorates, US White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre reaffirmed the Biden-Harris administration’s commitment to prioritizing the safety of Americans in the region. Speaking to reporters, she outlined the proactive steps being taken to assist US citizens seeking to leave or relocate within Lebanon. “The safety of all Americans…
During the Parliament-Government question-and-answer session, Taguhi Ghazaryan, MP of the ‘Civil Contract’ faction, asked Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan a question on the Armenia-Turkey settlement process and inquired whether a meeting was possible in Armenia or Turkey in the near future. “I do not attach much importance to the meeting place, I do not…
Michael Rubin, the Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former Defense Secretary Adviser, and Davit Muradyan discussed current developments in Caucasus and Middle East, Turkey’s behavior in Syria and other regions, Azerbaijan’s continuous rhetoric.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has participated in a virtual summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in India as the bloc is to officially welcome Iran’s accession, IRNA reports. The 23rd SCO summit kicked off on Tuesday through a video conference in India. This is the first time that Iran takes part in…
