US Ambassador appointed to Azerbaijan Mark Libby – welcome! We look forward to developing US-Azerbaijani relations and starting working towards sustainable and long-term peace in the region, US Embassy to Azerbaijan reports on its Facebook page. Baku has not had a US ambassador since last summer. “Welcome to Azerbaijan, Ambassador-designate Mark Libby. We look forward to…
The Margara bridging Armenia and Turkey is ready for operation, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reports, but when the parties will be ready to operate it is not yet known. Official Yerevan announced at the highest level that there are no obstacles on this side of the border. According to the pre-arranged agreement, the Armenian-Turkish…
The United States said on Friday it ‘continues to be deeply troubled’ as Azerbaijan arrested another journalist – fifth in the past 10 days – from independent media outlets. A court in Baku on Friday ordered Abzas Media journalist Nargiz Absalamova be held in detention for three months on charges of foreign currency smuggling…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent congratulatory messages to the President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Vice President, Prime Minister, Ruler of the Emirate of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum on the occasion of the national holiday. The message addressed to the UAE President reads as…
On December 1, the Union “For Freedom of Political Prisoners of Azerbaijan” (FFPPA) published an updated list of political prisoners, which includes names of 254 people. Over the past two months, the number of political prisoners has grown by 19 people. In particular, 5 media representatives joined the list, including the director and…
On November 28, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the Republic of India Vahagn Afyan presented the Letters of Credence to the President of the Republic of India Droupadi Murmu, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry reports. During the tête-à-tête conversation following the Ceremony of Presentation of Credentials held at the Presidential Palace, the Ambassador noted…
Javier Colomina, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, referred to his meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan. “Good meeting today with Armenia FM Ararat Mirzoyan in the margins of OSCE Ministerial Council 2023 in North Macedonia. Discussed regional security…
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….
AI Supercomputing center will be established in Armenia, Hakob Arshakyan, Vice President of Armenian Parliament said in a statement. “The total budget for the Project is around $8,5M. It will be the first in our region and is based on the latest technologies. This program is the implementation of the #priority recorded during the…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday, November 29, branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “the butcher of Gaza” and accused him of spawning anti-Semitism across the world, Le Monde reports. Erdogan has lashed out repeatedly at Israel for the scale of death and destruction caused by its response to Hamas militants’ unprecedented October…
Toivo Klaar, EU special representative for the crisis in the South Caucasus and Georgia, positively assessed his vist to Ankara in his X microblog (former Twitter). “Back in Brussels after a good visit to Ankara yesterday. Issues of common interest between the EU and Türkiye regarding the South Caucasus region were discussed, in particular the…
During the briefing of the US Permanent Representative to the OSCE, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Ambassador Michael Carpenter, the journalist asked: “Recently some estimates were voiced by State Department high-ranking officials suggesting that the upcoming several weeks may be crucial for the Armenian and Azerbaijani peace…
Between October 5 and November 3, another Armenian cemetery in Shushi was damaged, Caucasus Heritage Watch said in a statement. “It appears that bulldozers dumped heaps of debris atop the old Ghazanchetsots cemetery (southeast of the cathedral), endangering the already fragmented tombstones. The location of the cemetery is confirmed by maps, publications, and recent…
Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Ambassador James O’Brien touched upon the topic of peace negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan during a virtual press briefing. He was asked to assess the prospects of supporting Armenia through the European Peace Facility mechanism that was voiced or announced by the EU recently and…
The Aerospace Intelligence website, referring to the pictures taken by the SkyFi satellite, reports that the Azerbaijani military is building a base for Soviet-made “An-2” aircraft in Yevlakh. It is said that there are now at least 41 aircraft at the airbase, only 150 km from the border. According to Aerospace Intelligence, during previous escalations,…
In Azerbaijan, not the corrupt elite whose crimes are revealed by the press, but journalist are thrown into prison. The new law on the media in order to stifle independent voices seems to the authorities to be insufficient and they are stifling the last independent media in the country, reads the statement of Reporters Without…
Washington will only continue to pressure Baku, although sanctions remain a last resort for the United States. Interview with with Richard Giragosian. Is the prospect of Azerbaijan and Armenia reaching a conclusive Peace agreement possible through direct negotiation, without the involvement of intermediaries? What potential risks might this pose for Armenia? Furthermore, why…
On November 24, I delivered a speech on the occasion of of the UAE 52-nd Union Day, Deputy Parliament Speaker of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan stated in his Facebook page. “Warmly congratulating on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the establishment of the United Arab Emirates, I noted that I am following with the…
Ambassador of Ukraine to Azerbaijan Vladyslav Kanevskyi thanked Baku for supplying mechanized demining device “Revival P”. “Azerbaijan has delivered a “Revival P” mechanized demining machine to Ukraine. This machine will help sappers of the State Emergency Service to carry out humanitarian demining of de-occupied territories,” Vladyslav Kanevskyi stated in X (former Twitter).
Hamas freed two dozen hostages held in Gaza and Israel released nearly 40 imprisoned Palestinians on Friday, completing the first exchange in a tense, temporary truce that halted the fighting after seven weeks of war, The New York Times reports. The cease-fire, reached after weeks of painstaking negotiation with the help of Egypt, Qatar…
On November 24, a protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations was signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The protocol was signed in Abu Dhabi by the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the UAE, Karen Grigoryan, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to…
The Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan denied the information about arms supplies to Armenia. In the statement, it is said that the reports about the supply of weapons from Kazakhstan to Armenia, spread on a number of social networks and news portals, do not correspond to reality. “The spread information about the alleged…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili departed for Baku, Azerbaijan, at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. On November 24, the Georgian PM will attend the Baku Economic Forum of the United Nations Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) as an Honourable Guest. The PM will deliver…
Moldova and Georgia may not join the European Union with their entire territory; Brussels allows the admission of these countries to the EU “partially.” This was stated by the representative of the European Foreign Service Peter Stano. According to the European diplomat, the EU is considering the issue of admitting Moldova and Georgia without…
Reuters. Turkey has informed NATO that ratification of Sweden’s membership bid will not be completed in time to allow the country’s accession ceremony at a meeting of alliance foreign ministers next week, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Last week, the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission delayed a vote on Sweden’s…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov has said that Moscow expects Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s participation in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summits scheduled to take place in Saint Petersburg in December. “I think they will come to Saint Petersburg, where the traditional informal CIS summit…
Between October 5 and November 3, bulldozers carved a road through an historic burial ground in Shushi known as the Yerevan Gate cemetery. Nestled amidst the trees are at least 78 Armenian-inscribed tombstones dating between 1802 and 1913, “Caucasus Heritage Watch” research program said in an announcement. “Dense forest obscures the cemetery. We used…
On November 22, Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the ambassadors of the European Union and EU member states accredited to the Republic of Armenia. The full text of the Foreign Minister is bellow: “There are no more Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh. This is a result of ethnic…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to caretaker Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon Najib Mikati on the occasion of the national holiday, the 80th anniversary of Independence. The message reads as follows, “I convey to you my warm congratulations and sincere wishes on the occasion of the national holiday of…
The masks are torn, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) no longer has a place in Azerbaijan, that’s how the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, responded to the continued support of the agency’s head, Samantha Power, to Armenia. Hajiyev blamed the United States for standing by Armenia and not supporting…
