Any assistance by the US is vital to our nationhood. Speaker of the National Assembly Alen Simonyan announced this at a joint press conference with the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Nancy Pelosi. “We believe that clear sanctions can become another lever to stop Azerbaijan’s expansionist ambitions and authoritarian…
Reuters. Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh met at the State Department on Tuesday (June 2) amid escalating tensions between the two neighbors who have been engaged in a three month war. Israel kept up strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, pressing its…
The Rome Statute will enter into force for Armenia on February 1, 2024. This was stated in the message issued by the International Criminal Court. The statement says: “On 14 November 2023, the Republic of Armenia formally deposited the instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). The…
Michael Roth, Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee in German Bundestag reflected on his visit to the EU Mission in Armenia. “Big thanks to the team of the EU civilian mission in Armenia. We must strengthen EU Mission in Armenia as quickly as possible to further monitor the entire border to stabilise the situation and…
The Conservative Movement party, founded by Alt-Info, plans to open an office in Akhaltsikhe, Zurab Makharadze, one of the founders of the party, confirmed the information. According to him, the office will be officially opened in the near future, and preliminary work is currently underway. Before the party officially opens an office in the region…
The protest at the Embassy of Azerbaijan in London yesterday, Thursday 4 August 2022, was carried out by supporters of The Mahdi Servants Union in opposition to the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev and his government. This was stated in the press release published on the institution’s official website. “This government is responsible for longstanding…
Israel is increasingly concerned that Iran will gain knowhow and experience from its cooperation with Russia in the military operation on Ukraine that will improve its abilities to attack targets in the Middle East, Haaretz reports. Israeli officials are concerned by Iran’s supply of drones to Russia and the countries’ subsequent cooperation on this issue….
Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan congratulated Nikos Christodoulides on his election as the President of Cyprus. “Dear Mr. Christodulides, I’d like to extend my warm congratulations to You on being elected as the 8th President of the Republic of Cyprus. Armenian-Cypriot relations are deepening in all areas of mutual interest, on bilateral and multilateral formats,…
An informed source told the media that Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov is set to pay a visit to Tehran in the coming days at the official invitation of his Iranian counterpart, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Mehr reports. In addition to meeting his Iranian counterpart, Bayramov is scheduled to meet with other Iranian high-ranking officials including Iranian…
Georgia’s application for European Union membership, as well as the progress made by the country in implementing the 2014 EU-Georgia Association Agreement and related democratic reforms were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the President of the European Council Charles Michel, agenda.ge reports. The meeting focused on…
The U.S. OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair spoke with her counterparts today to discuss the future of Nagorno-Karabakh. The Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs tweeted. “It’s unfortunate the Russian Co-Chair did not accept the invitation. We look forward to the Minsk Group’s continuing work.”
At the High-Level Event marking the International Day for Countering Hate Speech, H.E. Mr. Paruyr Hovhannisyan, Permanent Representative of Armenia, reaffirmed Armenia’s commitment to countering hate speech as an integral component of the prevention agenda. He noted that the growing prevalence of hate speech, particularly when directed against ethnic and religious groups, continues to…
Certainly, the EU observation mission was informed about the provocation that happened yesterday and the fire fired by the Azerbaijani side in the direction of the servicemen and positions of the Armenian Armed Forces with various weapons, Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated during the Parliament-Government question-and-answer session. “Today, the EU press service has already…
Turkey summoned France’s ambassador over what it called “black propaganda” by Kurdish activists during a march to mourn three people killed in a shooting at a Kurdish cultural centre in Paris. French Ambassador Herve Magro was summoned on Monday so Ankara could relay unease after some marched in Paris with flags of the banned…
The European Parliament has proposed not recognizing the upcoming presidential election in Belarus and imposing new sanctions on its leadership. “In a resolution adopted on Wednesday, [members of the European Parliament] MEPs call on the EU to reject the upcoming presidential election in Belarus on January 26 as a sham,” the European Parliament said…
Two years after the Gaza conflict erupted, President Donald Trump pledged U.S. support for Gaza security guarantees and said he believes a deal is close to being completed for the remaining hostages, Reuters reports. Talking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said, “I think there’s a possibility that we could have peace in…
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Azerbaijan for a state visit at the invitation of President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Emine Erdogan were met by Azerbaijani First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov, Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov and other officials….
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading “fake news,” Agence France-Presse reported. The new rules cement the government’s already-firm grip on the media eight months before a general election that President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan enters trailing in…
Britain and France will this week co-host talks aimed at restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, including discussions on what President Emmanuel Macron described as a possible strictly defensive naval mission, Reuters reports. The talks are intended to bring together Britain, France and other countries willing to join a peaceful multinational…
The President of Azerbaijan went on an official visit to Islamabad. Ilham Aliyev was received by the Prime Minister of Pakistan Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif. It is noted that bilateral relations, in particular, key issues of strategic partnership, are on their agenda. According to the Azerbaijani side, Aliyev’s visit testifies to Azerbaijan-Pakistan friendly relations…
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismissed Russia’s accusations that Ukraine had attempted to attack President Vladimir Putin’s residence in the Novgorod region as “lies.” In a social media post, he said that Russia was trying to undermine the progress made in the Ukraine-US peace talks and that Moscow was preparing to attack Ukrainian government buildings in…
Israel is arming local militias in Gaza in an effort to counter Hamas in the besieged enclave, officials say, as opposition politicians warned that the move endangers national security, CNN reports. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended the covert enterprise on Thursday, calling it “a good thing.” In a video posted on social media,…
A four-party meeting between the foreign ministers of Russia, Syria, Turkey and Iran, Sergey Lavrov, Faisal Mekdad, Mevlut Cavusoglu and Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, kicked off in Moscow on Wednesday, a TASS correspondent reports. Before this meeting, Cavusoglu said that he was hoping to discuss with his colleagues, among other issues, the return of Syrian refugees…
Reuters. G7 foreign ministers held a working session on peace and security on Friday (March 27) afternoon as a two-day ministerial summit in France approached its final hours. European foreign ministers on Friday used the summit held near Paris with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to press the case that Russia was helping…
Iranian leader Ebrahim Azizi, who is head of the national security commission of the Iranian parliament, said on Saturday that Ukraine is now a “legitimate and lawful target” after it offered to provide Israel support with drone warfare. “By providing drone support to the Israeli regime, failed Ukraine has effectively become involved in the War…
Turkey and Egypt have agreed to improve bilateral ties, the two nations’ foreign ministers announced at a joint press conference on Thursday, Reuters reports. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the two countries agreed to take concrete measures to restore diplomatic relations at ambassadorial level as soon as possible. He revealed that he…
The EU has agreed to slap new sanctions on Russia “as soon as possible” over plans to hold referendums in the Donbass republics and Russian-controlled regions in Ukraine on whether to unite with Russia, the bloc’s foreign policy chief said on Wednesday. Speaking after an emergency meeting of EU foreign ministers, Josep Borrell said…
“Greece will not leave any challenge unanswered,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Friday, expressing the hope that the “unacceptable rhetoric” from Turkey will cease, ekathimerini.com reports. Speaking after the end of the informal EU summit in Prague, Mitsotakis said: “I hope that this unacceptable rhetoric of questioning our country’s sovereignty over the islands of…
Azerbaijan is among the countries mentioned by PACE President Tiny Cox as having political prisoners. He called for their release. On 30 October, on the occasion of the Day of Political Prisoner, Cox said: “On this day in 1974, political prisoners in the USSR went on a general hunger strike in protest against their…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky had a phone call on Saturday with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. That’s according to Erdogan’s press service, Ukrinform reports. The parties discussed the Russo-Ukrainian war, as well as a conflict between Israel and Palestine and the humanitarian crisis in the region. “Stating that it is possible…
