Irakli Garibashvili, the Chair of the Georgian Dream party, on Saturday said he hoped to have “less misunderstanding” with the country’s “strategic partners and friends” on the controversial domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence. Garibashvil’s remarks followed a letter, sent by the bipartisan group of the United States senators to Georgian Prime Minister…
Dina Titus, a member of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, informed that the bill on the review of sanctions against Azerbaijan was presented to the Congress. “I just introduced the Azerbaijan Sanctions Review Act to take action against 44 Azerbaijani officials following the ethnic cleansing of Armenians from Artsakh and the violent…
“We need several years to draw closer to the EU member states. The law On Transparency of Foreign Influence is significant to speed up economic development,” said Prime Minister of Georgia Ikarli Kobakhidze, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. According to the PM, the activities of non-government organizations obstructed the country’s progress by their attempts to…
Almost all Russian peacekeeping troops have already left Nagorno-Karabakh, and the rest will leave by the end of May. This was reported by the Reuters agency, citing the source of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan. It is also said that all of their armored vehicles, including 90 armored vehicles and 380 other vehicles,…
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Germany on a working visit at the invitation of Chancellor Olaf Scholz to participate in the 15th St. Petersburg climate dialogue high-level meeting. According to the media, Aliyev and Scholz are expected to speak at the event. According to Steffen Hebestreit, the official representative of the German…
The ceremonial closing of the joint Russian-Turkish monitoring center took place in Aghdam. Chief of the General Staff of the Azerbaijani Army Karim Valiyev, ambassadors of Turkey and Russia to Azerbaijan and others took part in the ceremony. The center was established on January 30, 2021.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sent a condolence message again to the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople and the Armenian community of Istanbul on the occasion of April 24. In his condolence message, Erdogan noted that he pays his respects the Armenians who died in unfavorable conditions during the First World War and sends…
The Chair of the Delegation for relations with the South Caucasus at the European Parliament MEP Marina Kaljurand made a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. “Today we commemorate the victims of the Armenian Genocide – the massacres targeting an entire nation. I would like to recall that the European Parliament…
Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Armenian Genocide Memorial Day, also known as Medz Yeghern: “Today, we join Armenian communities in Canada and around the world to mark Armenian Genocide Memorial Day. We reflect on this dark chapter in history, honour the victims who lost their lives, and…
French President Emmanuel Macron made a post on the occasion of the Day of Remembrance of the Armenian Genocide Victims. “Today, France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide. Let’s keep alive the memory of the victims of massacres, deportations and persecutions. Let’s not forget. The French and the Armenians are forever…
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský met today with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov. According to the statement of the Czech Foreign Ministry, the parties discussed, among other issues, the political and security situation of the South Caucasus. Lipavsky noted that Prague is interested in the stability and security of the region, adding that the mutual…
Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, stated that Baku has a positive assessment of the Aliyev-Putin meeting held yesterday in Moscow. “The negotiations took place in the spirit of strategic partnership and alliance relations. Issues of bilateral cooperation were on the agenda: politics, economy, trade, investments, humanitarian and other issues,” the official…
Azerbaijan cannot simply “sit and wait” until France, India and Greece arm Armenia against Azerbaijan. This was announced by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev during a meeting with representatives of foreign analytical centers. According to him, these countries do it openly, trying to prove something. “If we see a serious threat, we will…
Tehran welcomes and respects the agreement reached by Armenia and Azerbaijan on the issue of border delimitation, said Nasser Kanaani, Spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry. According to him, Yerevan and Baku should continue efforts to resolve border issues peacefully for the sake of peace and stability in the South Caucasus. He emphasized…
Georgia welcomes the agreement reached by the Azerbaijan-Armenia Border Delimitation Commission on launching Border Delimitation process. This was stated in the statement of the Foreign Ministry of Georgia. “Georgia is interested in securing lasting peace in the region and reaffirms a strong commitment to contribute to a peace and trust building process between the two neighbors,”…
A bipartisan and bicameral group of lawmakers led by Congresswoman Dina Titus (D-NV) is planning to introduce the first-ever Azerbaijan Sanctions Review Act this week, Azerbaijani media’s Washington correspondent has learned from Congressional sources. The draft bill would lead to the sanctioning of over 40 Azeri officials who have played an active and chief…
Javier Colomina, NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia has welcomed the agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the 1991 Almaty declaration as the basis for border delimitation. “Recognition of territorial integrity of both is a key principle. As Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stated in his trip to the region, NATO strongly supports…
On April 22, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on a working visit at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was welcomed by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin and other officials at Moscow’s ‘Vnukovo-2’ International Airport. As reported by the press service of the Kremlin, during the meeting of…
Türkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has received Hamas Political Bureau Chief Ismail Haniya in Istanbul to discuss Israel’s attacks on Palestinian lands, especially besieged Gaza, Turkish media reports. During the meeting on Saturday, the leaders discussed measures for ensuring adequate and uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and how to achieve a fair…
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov received Iranian Ambassador Seyid Abbas Musəvi on the occasion of the end of his diplomatic mission in Baku. It is noted that the parties highly valued friendly relations based on mutual respect. It was emphasized that currently important steps are being taken to develop bilateral cooperation…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken posted on the X page. “We welcome the announcement that Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed upon the 1991 Alma Ata declaration as the basis for border delimitation between the two countries. This is an important step towards concluding a durable and dignified peace agreement,” Blinken stated.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the UN Secretary-General made a statement on the issue of border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan. “The Secretary-General has been closely following the normalization process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He welcomes the agreement reached on 19 April between the respective State Commissions on the delimitation of the state border between Armenia…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev will hold talks in Berlin on April 26, the Spokesman of the German Government said. “In addition to bilateral relations, foreign policy, security policy, as well as economic and energy topics will be discussed,” said Steffen Hebenstreit.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov referred to the CSTO developments. “When they say that the CSTO is not able to determine its area of responsibility in Armenia, it should be noted that Armenia itself did not define it. First of all, Armenia needs to clarify its border and complete the delimitation, which Armenia’s Government…
Armenia benefits proportionally the most in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), 35% of Armenia’s economy is realized through participation in this organization, stated Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “In 2023, Armenia’s trade amounted to 20 and a little more billion [US] dollars, of which 37% is the EAEU, 13% – the EU, 3% –…
On April 17, in Riyadh Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud, the Foreign Minister of Saudi Arabia, Armenian Foreign Ministry reports. The interlocutors commended the positive dynamics of the development of political dialogue between Armenia and Saudi Arabia, emphasizing that the organization of the high-level…
PACE co-rapporteur on Azerbaijan, Norwegian MP Lise Christoffersen, said that the Committee of Ministers is holding talks on Azerbaijan’s return to the PACE. “We want to see Azerbaijan in the Assembly, but for this the Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions and fulfil a number of requirements,” Christoffersen told Azerbaijani media. Asked about…
Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of US State Department referred to the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, passed in Georgian Parliament earlier with the first reading. “We remain deeply concerned that this draft legislation, if enacted, could stigmatize civil society organizations working to improve the lives of Georgian citizens and media organizations operating…
Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson of US State Department referred to the withdrawal of Russian Peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh. “We were not party to the negotiated trilateral arrangement that ended the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020 and established Russian troops in that region. Frankly, we’ve not seen anything to indicate that Russia’s military was contributing…
Georgia’s parliament on Wednesday (April 17) approved the first reading of a bill on “foreign agents” that the European Union said risked stifling freedoms and blocking the country’s path to membership. The fate of the bill is widely seen as a test of whether Georgia, 33 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union,…
