After months of trading insults – from “sick man” and “drug trafficking leader” on one side, to “accomplice to genocide” with a “senile brain” on the other – the first meeting between Donald Trump and Gustavo Petro ended with pleasantries, autographs and a Maga cap, The Guardian reports. The Colombian president was received by…
The Russian Defence Ministry has reported the exchange of prisoners of war with Ukraine according to the 150-by-150 formula. According to the report, the exchange took place on December 30. “Currently, all Russian servicemen are in the territory of the Republic of Belarus, where they are provided with the necessary psychological and medical…
Some 90,000 have been pardoned following a landmark mass amnesty decree issued by Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on the occasion of the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Press TV reports. This was announced by Sadeq Rahimi, deputy head of the Judiciary, the branch’s Mizan news agency reported…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who chairs the Eurasian Economic Union, will chair the jubilee summit of the organization, which will take place on May 8 in Moscow. Yuri Ushakov, assistant to the Russian President, informed the journalists about this in a briefing. “The session is dedicated to the tenth anniversary of the signing…
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…
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in his speech during the Government sitting that the Point 9 of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, is about unblocking transport and economic communications in the region. Only in that context is the transport communication between the western regions of Azerbaijan and the Autonomous Republic of Nakhijevan…
The US administration will paint sections of its border wall with Mexico black in an effort to deter illegal crossings, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Noem announced the measure during a visit to Santa Teresa on New Mexico’s southern border, stressing that the order came directly from President Donald Trump. “That is…
Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan expressed his condolences to the relatives of the earthquake victims in Turkey. “Was saddened by terrible news of devastating earthquake in Turkey. My deepest condolences to families and friends of those who lost lives. Wishing speedy recovery to injured,” Simonyan tweeted.
François-Xavier Bellamy, member of the European Parliament, informed on his Twitter that he arrived in Armenia and went to the entrance of the Lachin Corridor. “The only road to Nagorno-Karabakh has been blocked by Azerbaijan for two months. A few kilometers from here, 120,000 peaceful Armenians live cut off from the world, deprived of everything,”…
The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense requests Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) not to use the name ‘Nagorno-Karabakh’, Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a Twitter post. “Azerbaijan must remember that two years ago President Aliyev signed a trilateral ceasefire agreement where “Nagorno-Karabakh” is mentioned five times. That’s the legal ground…
Reuters. Ukrainian air defences shot down about 15 drones launched by Russia in its third attack on the Ukrainian capital in four days, Serhiy Popko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said on Thursday (August 29) and air sirens rung across the capital in the early hours of the morning. Drone debris damaged the windows…
Armenian authorities do not comprehend the risks from the expansion of France’s military presence in the region, Russian Foreign Ministry official representative Maria Zakharova argued today. Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan reiterated Tuesday that Armenia will withdraw from the Collective Security Treaty Organization if the Russian-led military alliance does not address its security problems. …
Iran has officially dropped a key “red line” demand that had been a major sticking point in efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal, a senior administration official told CNN. In its Monday response to a draft nuclear deal agreement proposed by the European Union — which the EU has described as a “final”…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday left for a visit of Azerbaijan where he will hold a meeting with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, agenda.ge reports. Following the meeting of the leaders of the neighbouring countries, they will make joint comments to the media, the Georgian Government Administration said. The delegation headed by the…
US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken held a trilateral meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov today in New York during the UN General Assembly High-Level Week, State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement after the trilateral meeting in NYC. “Secretary Blinken commended both ministers on…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has published the answers of Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra to the written questions of one of the deputies, in which an attempt is still made to avoid pointing out Azerbaijan as an aggressor state under the guise of promoting peace, but a number of important points are…
The 9th trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey started in Baku, in which Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Georgian Foreign Minister Ilya Darchiashvili are participating. Within the framework of the trilateral meeting, tête-à-tête meetings of Jeyhun Bayramov and his colleagues are planned, as well…
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a surprise military drill Wednesday on disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, just as the U.S. military increase its presence in the region over recent ship seizures by Tehran, AP reports. The drill focused primarily on Abu Musa Island, though the Guard also landed forces on the Greater Tunb…
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan signed a decision on the establishment of the commission on border delimitation and border security between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan is appointed Chairman of the Commission.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a loan of up to 35 billion euros ($39 billion) for Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv on Friday, saying it was needed to defend the country against Russian attacks and help it get through the winter, Reuters reports. Standing beside her at a joint press…
British newspaper The Telegraph referred to the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh and noted that the almost unnoticed humanitarian crisis on the threshold of Europe is constantly intensifying. The author recalled the warning of Luis Moreno Ocampo, the former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, that Azerbaijan is preparing a genocide against the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh….
Speaking to journalists on the plane back from the BRICS meeting in Kazan, Recep Erdogan commented on his meeting with Russian President Putin and responded to the question of whether he noticed a new will in Putin to end the war in Ukraine, BTA reported. “As in our meeting with the President of Ukraine…
Georgia has shown that it is capable of being an effective mediator in the relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia and is ready to re-engage in the process if necessary, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili said in the Parliament of Georgia. “Two years ago, we showed the first concrete results of the mediation between…
The Embassy of Iraq to Armenia wrote on its Twitter that Iraq sends its warmest congratulations to the Government and people of Armenia on the occasion of the Independence Day, wishing for further progress and prosperity. The Embassy also informs the Iraqi community living in Armenia that Wednesday, September 21, will be a non-working day…
Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan congratulated Cho Tae-Yul on his appointment as Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea. “I send my congratulations to H.E. Mr. CHO TAE-YUL on appointment as FM of Republic of Korea and best wishes for successful tenure. I look forward to working together to further deepen Armenian-Korean political dialogue, advance…
The inauguration ceremony of Ilham Aliyev took place in Baku. He assumes the position of the President of Azerbaijan for the fifth time. Aliyev received more than 92 percent of the votes in the snap presidential election held on February 7. According to the assessment of the OSCE observation mission, it had passed with…
Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum welcomed the EU Council decisions regarding Armenia. “We welcome EU decision to start visa liberalisation talks with Armenia. When completed, this will allow Armenians to travel to the EU for short term visits visa-free. An important milestone in the relations between the EU and Armenia, bringing the Eastern Partnership…
US president-elect Donald Trump said he would cut the taxes for Canadians, if the country joins USA as a state. In his Christmas message on Truth Social Trump first “greeted” saying: Merry Christmas to all, including to the wonderful soldiers of China, who are lovingly, but illegally, operating the Panama Canal (where we lost 38,000…
The top U.N. court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago, AP reports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly denounced…
Reuters. Some 30 Western leaders were holding talks in Paris on Thursday (September 4) with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy over security guarantees for Kyiv in the event of a peace deal with Russia, hoping to do enough to persuade the United States to back their efforts. The summit, both in person and by video-link,…
