Following the statements by the German chancellor Olaf Scholz towards the Islamic Republic, Hans-Udo Muzel the German ambassador to Tehran was summoned to the foreign ministry on Monday, the ministry reports, describing the chancellor’s statements as meddlesome and irresponsible. During the session, the director general of the west European affairs of the foreign ministry…
The International Court of Justice unanimously rejected Azerbaijan’s request to apply temporary measures against Armenia. Azerbaijan demanded to apply intermediate measures and to oblige Armenia to “end the laying of mines and the transportation of mines through the Lachin Corridor.” The court noted that Azerbaijan did not provide evidence that Armenia took steps that impede…
Iran has denied reports that it has enriched uranium to 84 percent purity, which is close to weapons grade. The Islamic Republic has been enriching uranium to up to 60 percent purity since April 2021. For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app. Three months ago,…
Reuters. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (September 25) he would condemn recent recognitions by some nations of a Palestinian state in his upcoming address at the United Nations General Assembly. Speaking ahead of his flight to the U.S. where he is scheduled to address the General Assembly in New York on…
President of the European Council Charles Michel, following the trilateral meeting with Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on 31 August 2022, issued a statement. As agreed during our last meeting in May, I hosted President Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Pashinyan of Armenia today. This was our…
On Friday, September 13, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andrii Sybiha received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Gabrielius Landsbergis in Kyiv, Foreign Ministry of Ukraine reports. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister expressed his deep gratitude to Lithuania for its willingness to provide a quarter of the national GDP exclusively for the defense and…
The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan referred to the process of normalization of Yerevan-Baku relations. According to the Azerbaijani media, Jeyhun Bayramov noted that despite the certain dynamics of bilateral contacts, the progress registered in various fields, particularly regarding the draft of a possible peace treaty, still does not meet the expectations of the Azerbaijani side….
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…
At a plenary session on October 6, the Spanish Congress of Deputies adopted a statement expressing solidarity with the Armenian people in light of the Azerbaijani aggression against Armenia shortly after midnight on September 13, which left over 200 Armenian soldiers killed. In the statement the Congress reaffirmed its intolerance towards military operations that represent…
Spanish firefighters were seen running from a violent blaze as they scrambled to stop a wildfire from reaching a residential area in Bejis in the Spanish region of Valencia, footage released by the Castello firefighters on Wednesday (August 17) showed. Two firefighters were injured in the event which took place on Tuesday (August 16),…
Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson at US Department of State, referred to the issue of political prisoners during a press briefing. Journalists reminded him that Secretary Anthony Blinken spoke with Azerbaijani president lham Aliyev, and last week Assistant Secretary James O’Brien spent his days in Baku. They asked is there any concern that these high-level…
A new Turkish ground offensive in Syria is “possible any time”, a top aide to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday, despite a Moscow-brokered rapprochement between Damascus and Ankara, France 24 reports. The Kremlin is trying to end more than a decade of hostility between the neighbours that began when Turkey backed rebel efforts…
Azerbaijan is determined to quickly conclude the peace treaty negotiations with Armenia. Russian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Mikhail Yevdokimov informed Izvestiya about this. “The issue related to Karabakh is closed. All these years, Russia has made efforts to solve the Karabakh issue peacefully. Unfortunately, it did not work, this topic was closed in September with…
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Israeli fire struck a crowd of people waiting for humanitarian aid at a roundabout in Gaza City on Thursday, killing at least 20 and wounding 150. The Israeli military says it was looking into the reports, AP reports. Meanwhile, the death toll from a strike the day before on a…
The 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on June 4 adopted a resolution reaffirming the right of return to all displaced persons and refugees to Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions. The vote resulted in 103 countries in favour, nine against, and 52 abstentions, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. According to the Georgian Ministry of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with the proposal to involve volunteers in the fighting in Ukraine. According to him, if there are people who want to help those living in the Donbas, and for free, then the state should help them get to the war zone. “If you see that there are people who want,…
Russia is preparing a letter to Armenia, in which it notes the discrepancies between the norms of its rapprochement with the European Union (EU) and the rules of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). This was announced by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk—and in response to a question from TASS. “I am going to…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met his Iranian counterpart on Thursday (June 23), as world powers and Tehran are struggling to revive their 2015 nuclear pact and negotiations are stalled. Lavrov shook hands with Hossein Amirabdollahian in the capital Tehran, a day after arriving in the country, before officials from both states sat down for…
The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, has announced a further expansion of the sanctions list against Russia. In an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt on Monday, she announced that the number of sanctioned Russian entities would increase by a third under the new European sanctions package. “This…
The Office of the Human Righst Defender of Azerbaijan has released a statement following a meeting with Ruben Vardanyan, the former Minister of State of Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian businessman, and philanthropist, who was arrested by Azerbaijani authorities due to his position in Nagorno-Karabakh. According to reports from the Office of the Ombudsman of Azerbaijan, Ruben…
Reuters/CCTV. China is ready to work with Germany to elevate China-Germany relations to a new level, so as to better serve the development of the two countries and inject more positive energy and stability into the world, said Chinese Premier Li Qiang during talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday. …
An Azerbaijani court extended the pre-trial detention of Ruben Vardanyan, the former State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, for another four months. Aurora Humanitarian Initiative co-founder and former State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan was arrested by Azerbaijani authorities on September 27, 2023 while en-route to Armenia together with tens of thousands of others amid the…
The EU and the US have appealed to Moscow to hold a meeting on the subject of Nagorno-Karabakh before the crisis begins. Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced this during the briefing. Commenting on the meeting of the parties in Istanbul, which was described as ‘secret’ in the media, Maria Zakharova…
The Foreign Affairs Committee at European Parliament questioned Kaja Kallas, Estonian candidate for High Representative/Vice-President for foreign affairs and security policy, the EP press office reports. In her introductory statement, Ms Kallas pledged to work on strengthening the EU’s position in the world and safeguarding its geopolitical and economic security. She also called for…
The US Senate passed a resolution supporting Ukraine and calling on President Joe Biden to impose significant sanctions if Russia invades Ukraine. This writes The Hill, reports “European Truth”. “Today, acting bipartisanly, the United States Senate sent a strong signal to Russia and the world that we support Ukraine,” said Republican Senator Rob Portman. Democratic…
Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin called for an extended armistice between Russia and Ukraine. Kalin said that his country is making efforts to create appropriate conditions to end the clashes between the two parties, stressing the need to extend the temporary armistice in Ukraine. Today, during an interview with CNN International, he spoke about the…
The European Commission is to propose lowering the Russian oil price cap and banning the use of Nord Stream infrastructure as part of a fresh round of sanctions against Moscow, Financial Times reports. The commission is due to present its 18th package of sanctions against Moscow on Tuesday, as part of efforts to ratchet…
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said on Friday that Germany has recently lost its impartiality in its role as mediator between Turkey and Greece and Cyprus, Reuters reports. “We want Germany to maintain its balanced stance in the issue of east Mediterranean and the Aegean,” Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said. “Third countries, including Germany, should not be…
President of self-declared Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania filed a resignation, Vice President Badra Gunba told reporters. “For the sake of preservation of stability in the country, President Aslan Bzhania filed his resignation,” Gunba said. According to Bzhania’s statement, published by the president’s press office, he resigned “for the purpose of preservation of stability and…
In the face of President Donald Trump’s punitive tariffs on Indian goods and criticism of energy and defence purchases from Russia, India on Friday said its ties with the US had overcome several challenges and New Delhi is committed to taking the relationship forward, Hindustan Times reports. Responding to the US’s 25% reciprocal tariff that…
