Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that he predicted a crisis in the opposition alliance. “Let them do what they want, it doesn’t matter, we will continue on our way. We think about us and you, and they think about property,” Erdogan said. Oppositionist Meral Aksener announced yesterday that the “six alliance” no longer reflects…
During the discussion of the 2024–2025 report of the UN Economic and Social Council at the UN General Assembly’s plenary meeting of its 80th session, Armenia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Paruyr Hovhannisyan, expressed satisfaction with the comprehensive work carried out by the Economic and Social Council during its 2025 session. Hovhannisyan thanked…
Israeli football fans have clashed with apparent pro-Palestinian protesters before and after a Europa League football match between their team Maccabi Tel Aviv and Ajax in Amsterdam, according to media reports and officials, AL Jazeera reports. The clashes reportedly took place outside the Johan Cruyff Arena on Thursday night, the city’s main arena and…
Turkey’s president has hailed his government’s achievements with regards to post-quake rebuilding efforts, energy sector and foreign policy, while listing future goals as the country prepares for May 14 presidential and parliamentary elections. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also expressed his concern over developments in Tunisia and Sudan during a wide-ranging interview with state broadcaster…
At the joint session of the Parliament committees, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Paruyr Hovhannisyan, speaking about the interaction between Armenia and the EU, noted that the withdrawal of the Azerbaijani armed forces from the sovereign territory of Armenia and the final settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict remain among the priority issues on the agenda….
Turkish President Recep Erdogan signed a decree appointing Sakir Ozkan Torunlar as Turkey’s ambassador to Israel. The decision was made after the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two countries. The respective document was published in the Turkish official bulletin, RIA Novosti reports. Earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had announced that Turkey has decided…
The European Union (EU) countries have not reached a consensus on granting Ukraine a loan based on Russia’s blocked assets. This was announced on October 1 by the head of EU diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, before an informal summit of EU heads of state in Copenhagen. “We are working on a reparation loan to act…
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday (August 22) that a response from Iran to the EU’s latest proposal on a nuclear deal with the U.S. was “reasonable”. “There was a proposal from me as coordinator of the negotiations… and a response from Iran that I considered reasonable. It was transmitted…
The global system is experiencing a deep crisis and is in urgent need of reforms; the UN has lost both its credibility and its ability to fulfill its mission, while mechanisms created after the Second World War have been paralyzed. This was stated by President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan at the ‘Bosphorus Summit’. …
Helicopters have resumed rescue efforts since morning in the landslide-ravaged Georgian Shovi resort of the Oni Municipality, Georgian Public TV reports. Georgian Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze inspected the situation together with the Head of the Defense Forces General-Mayor Giorgi Matiashvili. National Guards with special equipment and different units of the Georgian defence forces…
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has given details of an updated US-brokered peace plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war, the BBC reports. Giving details of the 20-point plan agreed by US and Ukrainian negotiators in Florida at the weekend, Zelensky said the Russians would respond on Wednesday once the Americans had spoken to them, the…
The head of the Tabriz Chamber of Commerce praised Armenia’s trade capacities and criticized the neglect of the private sector’s trade capacities with Armenia, tahlilbazaar.com reports. According to the Bazar reporter, Yunus Jaele, in a meeting with the Consul General of Iran in Kapan, Syunik, Armenia, at the Chamber of Commerce of Tabriz, this…
Turkey to remove 101 million tons of garbage and rubble from February earthquakes This was reported on March 24 by the Hürriyet newspaper. The Ministry of the Environment of the country said that the volume of debris and debris left after the earthquakes is approximately 46 million cubic meters. More than 16 million tons of…
In today’s remote session, the Government of Montenegro decided to temporarily suspend the visa-free regime for Turkish citizens. According to the official explanation, the measure is temporary and aims to review and strengthen mechanisms for monitoring the entry and stay of foreign nationals as quickly as possible. Prime Minister Milojko Spajić had announced this…
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian urged OPEC members to unite against possible U.S. sanctions, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would seek to drive Tehran’s oil exports to zero, Reuters reports. “I believe that if OPEC members are united and work together, the U.S. would not be able to sanction and pressure one of…
The delegation of the Defense Forces of Georgia Readiness and Military Training Department and the Ministry of Defense’s Personnel Management Department is in Armenia on a working visit. On May 19, the delegation was received by Colonel Gevorg Martirosyan, the Head of the Center of Human Rights and Integrity Strengthening of the Armenian Ministry of…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed claims that his relationship with the US president was volatile, insisting he is not “afraid” of him. In an interview with The Guardian, he also rejected reports that, during a White House meeting in October, Trump had “tossed maps aside”. “He didn’t throw anything. I am sure,” he said. He…
Member of European parliament Miriam Lexmann said she considered shooting at EU Mission in Armenia from Azerbaijani side unacceptable. “I expect that Josep Borrell will be seeking immediate answers from Azerbaijan regarding shooting on EU mission in Armenia staff. This is unacceptable! If Baku is at all serious about confidence-building and eventual peace, such…
German deputy Merle Spellerberg joined EU Mission in Armenia in Vayots Dzor and Ararat Regions, the Mission said. “Today, EUMA hosted German MEP Merle Spellerberg, accompanied Chargé d’Affaires of Germany Embassy in Armenia, Erik Tintrup, in our operational hub in Jermuk. After our monitors briefed them on the current situation, the delegation joined our…
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi has said that a deal with the United States to avert conflict is “within reach”, in advance of talks between the two countries in Geneva, Switzerland, Al Jazeera reports. Araghchi said that the “historic opportunity to strike an unprecedented agreement” would depend on whether “diplomacy is given…
The border between Iran and Armenia has always been safe, Tehran will not allow it to be harmed, said Shahriar Heydari, chairman of the committee on border issues of the foreign policy and national security committee of the Iranian Parliament. The official thus referred to the statement of the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the…
The West may try to implement another “maidan-like” scenario in Georgia by October in order to create another hotbed of tensions near Russia’s border, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin told TASS. “We can see attempts by the Westerners to escalate the situation in Georgia ahead of the parliamentary elections set for October,” he…
The number of people injured during the earthquake in the Duzce region of Turkey has reached 50. The state of one of the injured is serious. No deaths were reported in the underground tremors. Due to the earthquake, classes have been suspended today in Sakarya, Bolu, and Duzce. A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck near…
The legislation of the Republic of Armenia is the domestic affair of the Republic of Armenia, and no foreign power has the right to interfere in the domestic affairs of our country, Prime Minister’s Spokesperson Nazeli Baghdasaryan said in a statement. The statement comes after Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev declared there will be no…
Reuters. Three Southern California wildfires torched dozens of mountain homes, tore through a ski resort and forced thousands to evacuate in towns and cities east of Los Angeles on Wednesday (September 11). Around 40 homes and cabins burned in the villages of Mount Baldy and Wrightwood and flames damaged lifts at the nearby Mountain…
The meetings and discussions of the Armenian and Azerbaijani delegations regarding the peace process are of great importance. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said this within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum. According to him, before the February 28-29 meeting in Berlin, there were no negotiations with such a structure for seven months. “After…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received representatives of the Italy-Armenia Friendship Group: members of the Chamber of Deputies Giulio Centemero, Andrea Casu, Alvise Maniero, member of the Senate Alberto Airola. The Prime Minister stressed the importance of the Armenian-Italian friendly relations, warmly recalling his visit to Italy, during which Italy reaffirmed its support for democracy in…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov has said that Moscow expects Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s participation in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summits scheduled to take place in Saint Petersburg in December. “I think they will come to Saint Petersburg, where the traditional informal CIS summit…
Sir Keir Starmer has said he “will not yield” to pressure from Donald Trump over the future of Greenland, after the US president attacked the UK’s Chagos Islands deal, BBC reports. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir said the US president had criticised the Chagos deal after previously saying he supported it “for…
Wildfires continue to wreak havoc in the US state of California. According to CNN, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office reported that it had received a report of 10 deaths from the fires on Thursday evening. Tens of thousands of Los Angeles residents have been ordered to evacuate. The situation is being exacerbated…
