Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said he is prepared to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, provided there is adequate preparation. Putin stated that Zelensky could visit Moscow if there is a prospect of a favourable outcome, during a press conference in Beijing broadcast on state television at the conclusion of his four-day visit…
Reuters. President Donald Trump said on Monday (March 23) the U.S. has had good and productive conversations with Iran and he will order the military to postpone any military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for five days. Trump’s move followed a threat by Iran to attack Israel’s power plants and those…
An Iran Air passenger plane was damaged at Bushehr airport as a result of US and Israeli strikes, media reports say. “The cowardly attacks on civilian airports and the terrorist attack on an Iran Air passenger plane in Bushehr are another dark chapter in the aggressors’ campaign of cruelty and terror against the Iranian…
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….
Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has said the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is at a “point where words fail” and urged stronger international action following an extraordinary meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Turkish media reports. “From now on, different actions and measures need to be taken, and the international community needs to…
Reuters. Palestinian officials and an Israeli settlement watchdog group condemned on Monday (February 16) an Israeli decision on West Bank land registration, saying the move will lead to a de-facto takeover of Palestinian lands. On Sunday (February 15), Israel’s cabinet approved further measures to tighten Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank and make…
An explosion at a furniture workshop in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku on Monday killed six people and injured two dozen others, officials said, reports Agence France-Presse. “The bodies of six people have been found and removed from the rubble,” the prosecutor’s office said. It is noted that at least 24 people were injured, three…
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, met with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, during which they announced the launch of joint weapons production between Ukraine and Denmark. Zelenskyy shared this information on his social media platforms. “Denmark will be the first country with which we launch joint defense production. Every country that sincerely…
Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement regarding the new negotiation round between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “Belgium welcomes the new round of negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan on 10 and 11 May, the recent agreement on the use of the 1991 Alma Ata Declaration as the basis for border delimitation, as well as…
Turkish President Recep Erdogan said on local television on Sunday that he is feeling well and has resumed his pre-election campaign after suffering a worsening of health last week. He also expressed his confidence regarding his victory in the May 14 presidential elections. This confidence was inspired by the rally held in Ankara on Sunday,…
The pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party will not nominate its own candidate for the President of Turkey in the elections to be held on May 14. Party co-chairman Pervin Buldan informed journalists about this, TASS reports. Earlier, the leadership of the party made it clear that it is possible to support the opposition candidate, leader of…
Armenia is concerned that thus far the international mechanism envisaged under clause 7 of the 9 November 2020 trilateral statement hasn’t been initiated, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said at the Cabinet sitting. Clause 7 of the agreement provides for the return of internally displaced persons and refugees to Nagorno Karabakh and adjacent regions…
During the meeting with the Prime Minister of Azerbaijan in Ankara, the President of Turkey announced the “progress achieved” in the negotiations between Yerevan and Baku. He noted that he expects positive results from the meeting of the foreign ministers of the two countries on May 10 in Almaty. “The peace treaty between Armenia…
This week, Azerbaijan, which is allegedly inviting back Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh after expelling them from their homes, organized a military parade in Stepanakert, showing off a warrior, calling the Armenians’ right to live in their own land separatism, which should no longer have a place in Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, international experts state that what happened…
South Korea’s spy agency said Friday that North Korea has dispatched troops to support Russia’s war against Ukraine. If confirmed, the move would bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West, ABC News reports. The South Korean announcement came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
Yuri Kim, Acting Deputy Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs of the US Department of State, also had a telephone conversation with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan and discussed the problem of solving the Nagorno-Karabakh crisis. “Constructive conversation today with Azerbaijan’s Bayramov Jeyhun on progress toward immediately and simultaneously opening Lachin and…
The Turkish Ministry of Agriculture recently announced the expansion of the “Agricultural Land Leasing” program in response to rising food costs amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Reuters reports. Turkey’s currency, the lira, lost more than 40 percent of its value last year and has further plunged by over 20 percent this year. After May, the lira…
Indeed, our partners in the EAEU and the CSTO are under tremendous pressure from unfriendly states. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this in an interview with the International Affairs journal. “High-ranking officials from Western capitals have become regular visitors, holding “consultations” on ways to preclude “the circumvention” of the illegitimate anti-Russia sanctions. If we…
Ambassador-at-Large Edmon Marukyan referred to the latest harsh response from the Azerbaijani expert society and the officials on the arrival of EU and OSCE observation missions to Armenia to monitor Armenia-Azerbaijan border. “Azerbaijani media is full of “expert” discussions against the arrival of EU and OSCE observers to Armenia. Ilham Aliyev, if you haven’t…
The Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan held a meeting in Dushanbe today. The process of implementation of the commitments undertaken by the trilateral statements of November 9, 2020, January 11 and November 26, 2021 was discussed. They exchanged views on the agreement on unblocking of regional communications and economic ties, demarcation, establishment of…
Armenia does not have any armed formation in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh, the Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said. Yeghoyan asked the Foreign Minister to comment on Azerbaijan’s accusations that the 9 November 2020 statement’s terms aren’t fully implemented. Azerbaijan pointed out the issue of re-opening of regional connections and accused…
Russian forces have launched almost 340 drones into Ukraine. There are casualties and injuries in the country. “We offered a ceasefire on Easter, but in response we are receiving martyrs,” said the Ukrainian President. According to Volodymyr Zelensky, the Russian strikes targeted civilian objects. The Russian side also reported shooting down more than 40…
The peacekeeping troops of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation continue to carry out tasks in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, it is stated in the daily bulletin of the Ministry. “At thirty observation posts, Russian peacekeepers are monitoring the situation and maintaining the ceasefire regime around the clock. One violation of the ceasefire…
Six people are dead, including a police officer, after a shooter opened fire from an apartment balcony and then killed themselves in a Georgian city on Friday, officials said, Global News reports. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said in a statement that the suspect fired several rounds into the yard of the building in Sagarejo, killing four…
Donald Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping in a letter not to give Iran weapons, and Xi responded that China was not supplying Tehran, the U.S. president told Fox Business Network in an interview that aired on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Trump, in the interview taped on Tuesday, did not say when the letters were…
United Nations spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said that Secretary General António Guterres was closely following the news of the helicopter crash. “The secretary general is following reports of an incident with Iranian President Raisi’s aircraft with concern,” he said in a statement. “He hopes for the safety of the president and his entourage.”
Ilham Aliyev and Hakan Fidan discussed Armenia-Turkey and Armenia-Azerbaijan relations at the meeting held in Shushi. According to the Azerbaijani side, the trilateral meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Turkey and the Prime Minister of Pakistan a few days ago in Astana was noted with satisfaction during the conversation, which “became an example…
Rosatom could have extended the operation of Armenia’s nuclear power plant until 2036, but Yerevan is choosing a “European direction,” giving preference to European contractors, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk said in an interview with TASS. According to him, the condition for extending the plant’s operation until 2036 was to ensure that at…
Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden met with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a G20 summit on Indonesia’s Bali island on Tuesday (November 15). Agenda items for the NATO members could include extending a deal allowing Ukrainian grain exports to continue; Ankara’s request for F-16 jets; NATO enlargement; and the weekend Istanbul…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday banned music from his campaign stops and vowed to heal the earthquake-stricken nation’s wounds as he formally set the next election for May 14, France 24 reports. Erdogan signed a decree on national television that officially starts campaigning for what is widely seen as Turkey’s most consequential vote…
