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…
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, in an unexpected move, said on Monday the European Union should open the way for Ankara’s accession to the bloc before Turkey’s parliament approves Sweden’s bid to join the NATO military alliance, Reuters reports. Turkey’s bid to join the EU has been frozen for years after membership talks were launched…
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…
The top U.N. court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago, AP reports Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quickly denounced…
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in his speech during the Government sitting that the Point 9 of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020, is about unblocking transport and economic communications in the region. Only in that context is the transport communication between the western regions of Azerbaijan and the Autonomous Republic of Nakhijevan…
No road or transport route in the logic of a corridor can function in the territory of Armenia, the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan said in response to a question from ARMENPRESS. ARMENPRESS: During a phone conversation with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev claimed that on…
Within the framework of the visit to Tbilisi, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan laid flowers at the Heroes Square Monument. During the official ceremony national anthems of Armenia and Georgia were played.
All structures of the OSCE Minsk Conference, the Minsk Group and the High-Level Planning Group should be dissolved, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova said today. ‘The mandate of the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs on the Nagorno-Karabakh settlement approved by the OSCE has lost its relevance. And it all started with the blocking of…
During the working visit of the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Levan Davitashvili, to China, a Memorandum of Understanding on the Development of Transport Corridors for the China-Europe Railway Express, Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (Middle Corridor) was signed, Business Media reports. The agreement aims to deepen cooperation between Georgia and China to enhance…
Reuters. Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev said on Thursday (March 12) he had discussed the current energy crisis with his U.S. counterparts as part of a meeting of the U.S.-Russia working group on economy that took place in Florida. Nearly 20 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply – roughly a fifth of global…
Russian shelling of Ukraine killed four people on Saturday, officials said, as the two countries exchanged drone attacks, one of which set ablaze a Russian oil depot, AP reports. Two people died in Ukraine’s partly occupied Kherson region and two were wounded in the attack close to the regional capital, said Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin….
European Union foreign ministers sought on Monday to show that the bloc can maintain its financial and military support for Ukraine despite the serious inflationary impact on EU economies five months after Russia’s special military operation, Reuters reports. The foreign ministers are likely to approve another 500 million euros ($504.35 million) of EU funding to…
On Tuesday, Parliament will debate the dire situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, following Azerbaijan’s recent military seizure of the mountainous South Caucasus enclave, the press service of the European Parliament reports. “Azerbaijan’s latest offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh on 19 September saw Baku regain military control of the long-disputed region and has resulted in a mass exodus of…
Reuters. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured NATO on Wednesday (November 13) that the Biden administration would bolster its support for Ukraine in the few months before Donald Trump’s return as president and would try to strengthen the alliance in that time. Meeting NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in Brussels, Blinken also said…
U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has ordered its diplomats worldwide to stop processing visas for Afghan nationals, according to a State Department cable seen by Reuters, effectively suspending the special immigration program for Afghans who helped the United States during its 20-year-long occupation of their home country, Reuters reports. The cable, sent to all…
Moscow continues to be the venue for peace talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Russia Polad Bulbuloglu told TASS in an interview. “We are grateful to Russia at present for intermediary efforts to normalize relations between Baku and Yerevan, and Moscow continues to be the platform for peace talks,” the Ambassador…
The official visit of Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen to Azerbaijan is planned for April 18-19. This is reported by the Israeli media. The Foreign Minister of Israel will participate in the session of the Azerbaijan-Israel intergovernmental commission in Baku. The Israeli media also informs about the expected visit of President Isaac Herzog to Azerbaijan in…
Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia held and led the 66th Meeting of an EU Integration Commission of Georgia today, Georgian Government press office reports. Participants of the meeting discussed the Report to be submitted to the European Commission, which was developed for the first time in line with the Copenhagen Criteria within the…
According to the result published by the CEC regarding the snap presidential elections held in Azerbaijan on February 7, according to preliminary data, the current President of the country received more than 92% of the votes. The voter turnout was 76.73%. The opposition called the elections rigged and demanded the annulment of their results. The…
The U.S. special envoy to Lebanon said Monday that his team would discuss the long-term cessation of hostilities with Israel, after Beirut endorsed a U.S.-backed plan for the Hezbollah militant group to disarm, AP reports. Tom Barrack, following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, also said Washington would seek an economic proposal for…
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iran Hossein Amirabdollahian had a phone call with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russia Sergey Lavrov. The foreign ministers discussed and exchanged opinions, Iran’s Foreign Ministry reports. The Russian Foreign Minister welcomed the agreement reached between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Saudi Arabia to resume…
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi, who will arrive in Moscow with a working visit, will hold negotiations in the Kremlin on Thursday. According to the Kremlin press office, during the meeting, the sides will discuss the current bilateral cooperation agenda with an emphasis on implementation of upcoming Russian-Iranian project…
Iran is keeping diplomatic channels open for negotiations with the United States on resuming the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and lifting sanctions against Tehran, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said. He is quoted by EFE. He added that indirect negotiations have already taken place between Tehran and Washington, and he promised…
Recep Erdogan expressed hope that decisions taken at session of the high-level cooperation council between Turkey and Iran, held in Tehran, will give new impetus to the bilateral relations. As a result of the negotiations, agreements and memorandums of cooperation in the political, economic and social spheres were signed, including the Comprehensive Cooperation Program between…
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,…
The special representative of Turkey in the Armenia-Turkey settlement process, Serdar Kılıç, accompanied by some officials, visited Kars on July 24. This is reported by the Turkish media. He visited the Akyaka Doğu Kapı Border Gate in Kars checkpoint, and then visited the ruins of Ani. Kılıç left the city after some meetings in Kars….
Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations at US State Department Louis Bono visited Yerevan and held a number of meetings with Armenian officials, including Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, Security Council Secretary Armen Grigoryan, and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Ruben Rubinyan. Baku refused to receive the US State Department’s Senior Advisor, Minval reports quoting its…
Romanian President Nicușor Dan has announced that a second drone that entered the country’s airspace in the past two days has been shot down. The president made the announcement in a post on social media. “This morning, at 8:30 a.m. local time, another drone was shot down in Romanian airspace, 10 kilometres west of…
The Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, expressed her alarm over the recent military escalation by Azerbaijan, noted the reported ceasefire announced on 20 September and emphasized the importance of preventing further violence and of ensuring a durable peace in the region that protects the rights of all…
Nasser Kanaani, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, referred to the 3+3 format and the event held in Tehran. “While the United States and some of its allies are intensifying war-mongering, instability and insecurity in the region with full support Israel, Tehran is hosting the second meeting of the 3+3 regional mechanism under the title “The…
