Turkey hopes for the return of the money it had paid for the purchase of American F-35 fighter jets, Sabah daily wrote, citing Minister of National Defense Yaşar Güler. “I believe we will be able to have the money returned we paid for the F-35s; the [respective] negotiations are ongoing,” Yaşar Güler said. Earlier,…
Reuters. The Kurdish YPG militia, which spearheads the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), should abide by its integration agreement with the Syrian government, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said on Wednesday (August 13). NATO member Turkey has been one of Syria’s main foreign allies after the ousting of Bashar al-Assad last year. The…
President Joe Biden has vowed to expand engagement with “responsible nations” around the world to isolate Russia on the international stage and hold it accountable for alleged war crimes.
Vladimir Medinsky, the head of Russia’s delegation at Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul, said on Friday after the negotiations that Moscow was satisfied with the results and was ready to keep talking to Kyiv, Reuters reports. Medinsky said Russia and Ukraine had agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each in the coming days,…
European Council President Michel called Turkey’s President Erdoğan to congratulate him on his reelection. The call addressed regional issues, Turkish president’s press office reports. President Erdoğan expressed the necessity to increase contacts at all levels with a concrete and positive agenda towards full membership of Turkey, which has a great strategic value for Europe,…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump’s pledge to slash the government’s size but which critics say delivered few measurable savings, Reuters reports. “That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor…
On March 29, Armenia’s Minister of High-tech Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan received Mehdi Sobhani, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Republic of Armenia. The Minister noted that friendly relations with Iran have a centuries-old history, and now there are all prerequisites for bringing the cooperation to a new level….
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he may visit the United States and hopes to hold a face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump, Anadolu news agency reports. Speaking to reporters on his return flight from Hungary on Thursday, following an informal summit of the Organization of Turkic States in Budapest, Erdogan discussed a…
At the Hilton hotel in Batumi, there is a physical confrontation between representatives of the United National Movement and law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers detained several persons from the National Movement. They were taken to the police station. Members of the National Movement say that the government of the Georgian Dream is a “rapist…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (September 7) that Russia had not lost anything as a result of its military campaign in Ukraine, Reuters reports. “I am sure that we have not lost anything and will not lose anything (over actions in Ukraine). When it comes to the gains, I can say that the…
Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says several institutions and individuals from the European Union will be included in the Islamic Republic’s blacklist of sanctions, days after some European countries imposed a set of bans on the country under false pretexts, ParsToday reports. “In the coming days, the names of several institutions and individuals from the…
I am appalled by the recent serious breaches of the ceasefire on the Nagorno-Karabakh line of contact and in particular the military operation launched by Azerbaijan on 3 August around the Lachin corridor and in the north-western section, Chair of the EU Delegation for relations with the South Caucasus, MEP Marina Kaljurand said in a…
EUMA monitors regularly talk to local population, mission said in a statement. “As part of human security patrols, EUMA monitors regularly talk to local population, such as a shepherd from Navur village, to report to EU how the conflict affects their day-to-day life. EUMA contributes to human security of local population at the Armenia-Azerbaijan…
Azerbaijan must make visible efforts to take measures to open the Lachin corridor. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said during the government sitting, referring to the decision of the International Court of Justice on opening the corridor. “At the beginning, the most primitive step can be, for example, calling the “eco-activists” to open the…
The trial of French actor Gerard Depardieu on sexual assault charges opened on Monday in the absence of the celebrity, who had declared himself to be ill, RTE reports. His lawyer, Jeremie Assous, had said earlier that Depardieu, 75, was “extremely affected” by ill health, and that he had asked for proceedings to be…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said that the goal of Armenia’s foreign policy is the protection of the country’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. “Our country’s interest should be the goal of our foreign policy vector,” Pashinyan said when asked whether the Armenian government plans to change the vector. “Now, are we pursuing the…
Co-chairs of Intergovernmental Commission on economic cooperation between Russian Federation and the Republic of Azerbaijan – Deputy Prime Minister of Russian Federation Alexey Overchuk and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan Shahin Mustafayev have held a meeting in Moscow, according to Russian governmental website. Co-chairs discussed current issues of bilateral trade-economic and scientific…
The US Congress has passed Donald Trump’s sprawling tax and spending bill in a significant and hard-fought victory for the president and his domestic agenda, BBC reports. After a gruelling session on Capitol Hill, the House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 218 to 214 on Thursday afternoon. It was approved…
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan referred to his meeting with USA and EU leadership in Brussels. “Had excellent consultations with US and EU colleagues on expanding cooperation to strengthen Armenia’s economic, humanitarian, democratic resilience”, Pashinyan said in a post on X.
Within the framework of the 54th session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, held in Geneva on October 11, 34 countries made a joint statement in which they expressed deep concern regarding the severe humanitarian and human rights crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh. The joint statement was read by Christine Toudic, Deputy Permanent Representative…
The EU will suspend its “bilateral support” with Israel and partially suspend the trade parts of its association agreement with Tel Aviv, Von der Leyen told MEPs during her State of the Union speech, Euronews reports. In an unusually tough-worded sequence, von der Leyen denounced a “man-made famine” in Gaza and “a clear attempt”…
Reuters. Russian shelling on Thursday (September 12) killed three Ukrainians working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and injured two others in a village in the frontline Donetsk region, Ukrainian officials said. “Another Russian war crime. Today, the occupier attacked vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross humanitarian mission…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Donald Trump’s special envoy tasked with ending the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, are expected to travel to Paris later this week, according to two people familiar with preparations for the trip, Politico reports. Witkoff is set to meet French President Emmanuel Macron while…
The Wall Street Journal: Yaroslav Trofimov – Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for the interview with The Wall Street Journal. I will start with the most difficult questions. Recently, we witnessed dramatic events in Nagorno-Karabakh. Do you have concerns that a full-scale war could spread to the territory of sovereign Armenia, and in your opinion,…
Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan congratulated Mark Rutte on his appointment as NATO chief. “My sincere congratulations to Mark Rutte on appointment to position of SATO Secretary General. Looking forward to our close cooperation towards further enhancing partnership between Armenia and NATO, based on common values and shared vision to ensure more secure and…
German Foreign Minister Annalena Bаerbock met with the President of Azerbaijan in Baku. Ilham Aliyev stated that his country is in favor of signing a peace treaty with Armenia. He once again stated that as a result of the aggression unleashed against Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan has restored its sovereignty and supports the normalization of relations…
Reuters. Ahead of a virtual meeting on Tuesday (November 25) with a group of countries supporting Ukraine, known as the ‘Coalition of the Willing’, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that allies remain ‘united’ in wanting a ceasefire. Starmer said important progress was made in Geneva, where Ukraine and the…
Ahead of the 32nd meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Austria, the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey held a meeting. Jeyhun Bayramov and Hakan Fidan discussed the development of friendly, brotherly, and strategic allied relations between the two countries. They also addressed the current security situation in the region and the measures…
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz met in Granada with Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz underlined their…
Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he will to cut off his country’s emergency electricity supply to Ukraine unless Kyiv resumes pumping Russian oil to Slovakia, Euronews reports. Slovakia’s prime minister Robert Fico has threatened to withdraw Ukraine’s emergency electricity supply unless Russia’s oil supply is restored to his country by Monday. On…
