French President Emmanuel Macron has reflected on his discussions with European leaders and the Ukrainian President regarding the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska. “Coordination meeting this morning with President Trump, President Zelensky, and my European partners following the meeting between President Trump and President Putin in Alaska. At the conclusion of this meeting, we…
Turkish Parliament member Garo Paylan informed on his Facebook page that the Armenian rescuers started their work in Adıyaman. Earlier we reported that Armenia sent 27 rescuers to Turkey and 29 to Syria. Rescue teams include doctors.
Armenia’s Ambassador-at-large Edmon Marukyan has publicized the six-point proposals of the Armenian side for the normalization of the relations with Azerbaijan. The first point says the Armenian side is responding to a letter dated February 21, but handed over to the Armenian side on March 11, Marukyan said in an interview with Public TV. The second point says the Republic…
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…
The European Union (EU) countries have not reached a consensus on granting Ukraine a loan based on Russia’s blocked assets. This was announced on October 1 by the head of EU diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, before an informal summit of EU heads of state in Copenhagen. “We are working on a reparation loan to act…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov has cautioned the European Union states against providing military assistance to Armenia, Interfax reports. Bayramov met with Marketa Pekarova Adamova, president of the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament, on Friday. According to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Bayramov said that “Azerbaijan is a reliable partner of the EU…
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov informed Louis Bono, US State Department’s Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations, about the peace talks with Armenia, Azerbaijan’s MFA reports. At the meeting, the parties exchanged views on various aspects of the Azerbaijan-US bilateral and multilateral cooperation agenda, as well as the regional peace process in the post-conflict period….
New Delhi says two Indian-flagged tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) bound for ports in the country’s west have crossed the Strait of Hormuz in Iran, Al Jazeera reports. “They crossed the Strait of Hormuz early morning safely and are en route to India,” Rajesh Kumar Sinha, special secretary of the Ministry of Ports,…
France is concerned about the armed incidents that have occurred over the past 48 hours at several areas on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, including shots that have hit civilian personnel in Yeraskh on Armenian territory. It calls for restraint, de-escalation and the protection of civilian populations. It also reaffirms its support for the full…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands referred to the decision of the International Court of Justice of the United Nations on the Lachin Corridor. “On Wednesday, the International Court of Justice issued interim measures in the case Armenia v. Azerbaijan. Important that this binding legal order is implemented and the unimpeded movement of…
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned for hours by investigators on Wednesday in relation to a criminal insurrection probe, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities, Reuters reports. His arrest, the first ever for a sitting president in South Korea, is the latest head-spinning development in one of Asia’s most…
Starting early this morning, airstrikes were carried out on Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. Air defense systems were activated. Explosions were heard in the city, fires broke out, and entire neighborhoods were left without electricity. It is assumed that the strikes were carried out by the United States. According to media reports, targets included, among others,…
Energy cooperation is the basis of relations between Azerbaijan and Hungary, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said during a joint press conference with Hungarian Foreign MinisterSzijjártó Péter in Budapest. “We continue to develop our strategic partnership through the Southern Gas Corridor, the largest energy infrastructure project in Europe. Hungary is a participant of the…
Matthew Miller, US Department of State Spokesperson, referred to latest call by Secretary Antony Blinken with the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and further meetings between Armenian and Azerbaijani Forein Ministry delegations. “No meeting that has been scheduled as of yet, though we do continue to look forward to the next engagement between the ministers…
Davit Muradyan and Marina KALJURAND, Member of the European Parliament, and Chair of EU- South Caucasus Association committees discuss Azerbaijan’s latest aggression against Armenia.
Michael Roth, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Bundestag, the German parliament, has arrived in Armenia. “Raise the flag for young democracy, for peace and territorial integrity,” Roth wrote in this regard on X (former Twitter). The German lawmaker informed that he is in Armenia’s Yerevan and will have meetings…
At least 47 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes in Gaza as Israeli forces again targeted people waiting for food, while hospitals struggled to cope with the wounded, Al Jazeera reported, quoting hospital sources. Meanwhile, Hamas has announced its readiness to begin negotiations “immediately” on a proposed 60-day ceasefire that would allow vital aid into Gaza….
According to the Minister of Defense of Georgia, Juansher Burchuladze, in 2023, the Ministry of Defense signed important purchases in terms of strengthening the defense capability, which is responsible for the medium-term and long-term development of the Defense Forces, Interpressnews reports. “In long-term development, we have a specific goal of where we want to…
Matthew Miller, US State Department Spokesperson, referred to the prospects of Armenia-Azerbaijan relations during his regular press briefing. In Munich last week, the US State Secretary Antony Blinken met with Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders. “Does he still believe that the peace is within reach?”, Miller was asked “He still does believe that peace…
Dr. ELISA VON JOEDEN-FORGEY, Co-founder of Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Davit Muradyan discussed Fourth Global Forum Against the Crime of Genocide kicked off in Yerevan and the genocide-prevention issues.
A fire broke out in a shop located in the market area of Masalli town, the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Azerbaijan reported. Employees of the state fire service and law enforcement agencies of the Ministry of Emergency Situations arrived at the scene. According to preliminary information, the fire broke out in the…
On December 1, the Armenian side transferred the bones of presumably 10 victims of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, as well as 2 maps showing the possible location of 4 bodies to the Azerbaijani side, the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia reports. Since November 9, 2020 the Armenian side handed over to Azerbaijan the bones…
Maduro landed Saturday evening at a small airport in New York following the middle-of-the-night operation that extracted him and his wife, Cilia Flores, from their home in a military base in Venezuela’s capital city of Caracas, Euronews reports. Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro has arrived in the United States and was brought to the Metropolitan…
Moscow is concerned about Yerevan’s EU aspirations, because Armenia stands to lose the benefits of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) if “the West draws it into its geopolitical games”, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told reporters, TASS reports. “Naturally, Armenia’s aspiration to join the EU is a concern for us, because such an…
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg concluded his tour of the South Caucasus on Tuesday (19 March 2024) in Yerevan, Armenia where he met with President Vahagn Khachaturyan and Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Mr Stoltenberg praised Armenia for its long-standing partnership and contributions to NATO operations, including increased troop numbers in KFOR’s peacekeeping mission. “For…
On March 28 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan received Marcos Gómez Martínez, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Spain to the Republic of Armenia (residence in Moscow). The interlocutors commended the positive dynamic of the development of relations between Armenia and Spain and exchanged views…
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani will arrive in Armenia on July 7 at the invitation of Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan, the Office of Mr. Grigoryan said. During his working visit, Ali Shamkhani will meet with Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Working discussions between the Secretaries of the Armenian and Iranian Security Councils…
On June 24, the President of the National Assembly of Armenia Alen Simonyan who is on an official visit in Vienna met with the President of the National Council of the Republic of Austria Wolfgang Sobotka. Alen Simonyan thanked his Austrian colleague for the invitation and congratulated him on the 30th anniversary of the…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Ankara’s desire to buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States on more favorable terms. “In the future, we want to buy even more gas from the United States and on more favorable terms,” TASS quoted Erdogan as saying during a meeting of the Turkish-American Business…
US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will impose tariffs on imports of drones and their components, including from some key U.S. allies, with the Trump administration saying the country was “too reliant” on foreign sources of drones, Reuters reports. A proclamation signed by Trump imposes a 100% ad valorem tariff on drones of…
