The Russian Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest to Armenia’s Ambassador in Moscow. Armenia has taken a number of unfriendly steps in recent days. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation issued a statement containing such an assessment, citing as examples: the start of the process of ratification of the Rome Statute…
Beijing and Moscow have entered the most successful period of inter-state relations characterized by the highest level of mutual trust and the greatest strategic significance, Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui told TASS in a special interview on Wednesday. “Under the strategic direction of [China’s] Chairman Xi Jinping and President [of Russia Vladimir] Putin, the…
The vice president won 99 percent of participating delegates in an unusual, virtual roll call vote that concluded Monday, the party said, the New York Times reports. Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the Democratic nomination for president, becoming the first woman of color to win a major party’s nomination and officially setting up…
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, said his country’s military went out of its way to lessen the impact on civilians. Speaking to reporters at the UN Monday, Erdan said the Israeli Defense Force operation called Operation Breaking Dawn was justified after Palestinian Islamic Jihad fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel….
European Council President Charles Michel, who is attending the COP29 summit in Baku, congratulated President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on holding the summit, which the European official said is important to promote the current climate agenda. “Congratulated President Aliyev on hosting the COP29, an important moment to advance the pressing climate agenda. The EU…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot announced France’s support to Armenia upon his arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels this morning. “I call on the European Union to develop its relations with that country, with which France is very connected. We must again provide Armenia with all the support it has the…
Syria’s foreign and defence ministers met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and held discussions on expanding “strategic cooperation in the military industries sector”, Syrian state media has reported. The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said that Putin’s meeting on Tuesday with Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Asaad Hassan Al-Shaibani and Minister of Defence…
The EU has condemned an apparent threat to members of the European parliament by Azerbaijan’s ambassador to the EU, Vagif Sadigov, OC Media reports. Sadigov, who also serves as the country’s ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg, tweeted on 23 June in response to a visit by a delegation of MEPs to Armenia which travelled…
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…
Baku and Belgrade are set to sign an agreement for additional gas supplies from Azerbaijan to Serbia, Azerbaijani media reports. The announcement was made by Serbian Minister of Mining and Energy Dubravka Đedović Handanović following a meeting with Srbijagas President Dušan Bajatović, the ministry said in a statement. The minister expressed satisfaction with…
Russia has made and continue to make efforts to assist Azerbaijan and Armenia in developing a balanced peace treaty designed to make an irreplaceable contribution to the reconciliation of the two neighboring states, to the restoration of peace and security in the South Caucasus for the long term, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said…
Moscow has not yet seen Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s proposals for specifying details of the Russian peacekeeping mission’s work in Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told reporters on Friday. “I find it difficult to answer this question because we have not seen the specific proposals that the Armenian Prime Minister wants to…
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received Masim Mammedov, who was appointed as the special representative of the President of Azerbaijan in Lachin region. During the meeting, Aliyev referred to the previous negotiation process of the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, emphasized that the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs showed a special approach to Lachin region. “Armenia has always considered…
The U.S. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair spoke with her counterparts today to discuss the future of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs tweeted. “It’s unfortunate the Russian Co-Chair did not accept the invitation. We look forward to the Minsk Group’s continuing work.”
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday (July 31) signed an executive order increasing tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% from 25% on all products not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, the White House said, Reuters reports. Goods transshipped to another country to evade the new tariffs would be subject to a transshipment levy…
Iranian intelligence services have discovered remotely controlled Spike anti-tank missile systems in the territory of the Islamic Republic, which were deployed by Israeli agents. This was reported by the Iranian Press TV channel. According to it, the Spike complexes, which are equipped with remote control and control systems via the Internet, were designed to…
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price referred to the latest tensions between Turkey and Sweden during a regular press briefing. “Well, you know our position on Finland and Sweden and their NATO accession. You’ve heard this from the administration, you’ve heard this from members of Congress. We strongly support their NATO candidacies. Finland and…
U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations Ambassador Richard Mills’s remarks at the UNSC Briefing on aggression by Azerbaijan against Armenia. “Mr. President. Thank you, Secretary General Jenča for your useful briefing this morning. Let me begin by noting that we are deeply troubled over the outbreak of violence along the Armenia and Azerbaijan…
Sergey Lavrov’s statement is positively evaluated by our government. The fact that Russia will welcome and support reconciliation is a good thing, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said, answering the media’s question about the statement of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, according to which Moscow says it is ready to help Georgia “in the process of…
President Donald Trump said Iran appears to be looking to negotiate with the U.S. amid a growing military buildup in the Middle East. In a Monday interview with Axios, Trump suggested that Tehran had reached out on “numerous occasions” and “want[s] to make a deal.” “They want to make a deal. I know so….
The Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan deputy prime ministerial working group dealing with the unblocking of all economic and transportation communications in the region has managed to bring their positions closer around the resumption of transportation communications, Alexey Zaitsev, the deputy director of the information and press department at the Russian Foreign Ministry, said. He said that the trilateral…
At the 11th ECOSOC Multi-stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, the Permanent Representative of Armenia to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Paruyr Hovhannisyan, delivered remarks during the Ministerial Session on “Strengthening the science-policy nexus to drive sustainable development.” Ambassador Hovhannisyan emphasized the importance of strengthening the science-policy interface…
A guard has been killed in an armed attack on Azerbaijan’s embassy in Iran’s capital Tehran, the country’s foreign ministry has said, Al Jazeera reports. “The attacker broke through the guard post, killing the head of security with a Kalashnikov assault rifle,” it said. Friday’s attack has also injured two people, the ministry added. An…
The developments in Armenia are the internal affair of the country, but Moscow is interested in the soonest settlement of the situation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told. “This is entirely an internal affair of Armenia,” Peskov said, referring to opposition rallies in the country. He stressed that Yerevan is an ally of Moscow. “Armenia is…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was no different from Adolf Hitler and likened Israel’s attacks on Gaza to the treatment of Jewish people by the Nazis, Reuters reports. NATO member Turkey, which supports a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has criticised Israel’s air and ground…
Pope Francis on Sunday (1 October) urged dialogue on both sides of the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia to end the humanitarian crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. ”I renew my call for dialogue between Azerbaijan and Armenia, hoping that talks between the parties, with the support of the international community, will foster a lasting agreement that…
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, referred to his meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on his X account. “Substantial meeting with Armenian MFA Ararat Mirzoyan about the situation in Armenia. Discussed how to deepen bilateral relations and EU support and strengthen the work of OSCE….
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, addressed the situation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border in his Twitter. “Armenia’s MoD published a video showing how the servicemen of Azerbaijan’s Armed Forces, with the purpose of provocation, drive by the servicemen of Armenia’s Armed Forces carrying out engineering works, and open fire in the direction of the servicemen of Armenia’s…
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei has announced that the fifth round of indirect Iran-U.S. talks will be held on Friday, May 23, 2025, IRNA reports. Referring to the proposal put forward by Oman and its consultations to hold another round of Iran-U.S. talks on Friday in the Italian capital of Rome, the Foreign Ministry…
An official report released on Friday estimated that the twin earthquakes that hit southern Turkey on Feb. 6 cost approximately 2 trillion Turkish liras (about 105.2 billion U.S. dollars) for the country. The report, announced by Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Ministry and prepared by the presidency’s department of strategy and budget, predicted that the financial…
