In Azerbaijan, not the corrupt elite whose crimes are revealed by the press, but journalist are thrown into prison. The new law on the media in order to stifle independent voices seems to the authorities to be insufficient and they are stifling the last independent media in the country, reads the statement of Reporters Without…
Washington will only continue to pressure Baku, although sanctions remain a last resort for the United States. Interview with with Richard Giragosian. Is the prospect of Azerbaijan and Armenia reaching a conclusive Peace agreement possible through direct negotiation, without the involvement of intermediaries? What potential risks might this pose for Armenia? Furthermore, why…
On November 24, I delivered a speech on the occasion of of the UAE 52-nd Union Day, Deputy Parliament Speaker of Armenia Hakob Arshakyan stated in his Facebook page. “Warmly congratulating on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of the establishment of the United Arab Emirates, I noted that I am following with the…
Ambassador of Ukraine to Azerbaijan Vladyslav Kanevskyi thanked Baku for supplying mechanized demining device “Revival P”. “Azerbaijan has delivered a “Revival P” mechanized demining machine to Ukraine. This machine will help sappers of the State Emergency Service to carry out humanitarian demining of de-occupied territories,” Vladyslav Kanevskyi stated in X (former Twitter).
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…
On November 24, a protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations was signed between the Republic of Armenia and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The protocol was signed in Abu Dhabi by the Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to the UAE, Karen Grigoryan, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to…
The Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan denied the information about arms supplies to Armenia. In the statement, it is said that the reports about the supply of weapons from Kazakhstan to Armenia, spread on a number of social networks and news portals, do not correspond to reality. “The spread information about the alleged…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili departed for Baku, Azerbaijan, at the invitation of President Ilham Aliyev, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. On November 24, the Georgian PM will attend the Baku Economic Forum of the United Nations Special Program for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) as an Honourable Guest. The PM will deliver…
Moldova and Georgia may not join the European Union with their entire territory; Brussels allows the admission of these countries to the EU “partially.” This was stated by the representative of the European Foreign Service Peter Stano. According to the European diplomat, the EU is considering the issue of admitting Moldova and Georgia without…
Reuters. Turkey has informed NATO that ratification of Sweden’s membership bid will not be completed in time to allow the country’s accession ceremony at a meeting of alliance foreign ministers next week, two sources familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Last week, the Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs commission delayed a vote on Sweden’s…
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…
Between October 5 and November 3, bulldozers carved a road through an historic burial ground in Shushi known as the Yerevan Gate cemetery. Nestled amidst the trees are at least 78 Armenian-inscribed tombstones dating between 1802 and 1913, “Caucasus Heritage Watch” research program said in an announcement. “Dense forest obscures the cemetery. We used…
On November 22, Armenia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ararat Mirzoyan had a meeting with the ambassadors of the European Union and EU member states accredited to the Republic of Armenia. The full text of the Foreign Minister is bellow: “There are no more Armenians living in Nagorno-Karabakh. This is a result of ethnic…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to caretaker Prime Minister of the Republic of Lebanon Najib Mikati on the occasion of the national holiday, the 80th anniversary of Independence. The message reads as follows, “I convey to you my warm congratulations and sincere wishes on the occasion of the national holiday of…
The masks are torn, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) no longer has a place in Azerbaijan, that’s how the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmet Hajiyev, responded to the continued support of the agency’s head, Samantha Power, to Armenia. Hajiyev blamed the United States for standing by Armenia and not supporting…
Azerbaijan has offered Armenia to hold a meeting on the state border to continue the peace talks, according to a statement released by the Azerbaijani foreign ministry. “Azerbaijan is ready for direct bilateral talks with Armenia to achieve the peace deal as soon as possible. We believe that the two countries should decide the…
Senator Marco Rubio referred to “Armenian Protection Act”, recently adopted in U.S. Senate. “U.S. taxpayer dollars should not be going towards Azerbaijan, a nation that has brought instability to the region. My Senate colleagues agree and together we passed the Armenian Protection Act. Urging my colleagues on the House to do the same”, Rubio…
France violates stability not only in former and current colonies, but also in the South Caucasus: Ilham Aliyev announced in his speech to the participants of the international conference “Decolonization. Development of women’s potential”. According to the words of the President of Azerbaijan, by arming Armenia, Paris “conducts a warmongering policy and prepares the…
The Azerbaijani government is working on the implementation of the so-called ‘Zangezur Corridor’, the head of the State Customs Service of Azerbaijan, Shahin Bagirov, said. “Now we are working on creating checkpoints of the ‘Zangezur Corridor’. At the same time, we are working on new projects, and construction works will begin in the next…
Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi spoke at the annual Manama Discussions event of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, which ended in Bahrain, and addressed the situation in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank of the Jordan River. The foreign minister asked if Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip are explained…
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Jeyhun Bayramov has held a telephone conversation with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. The ministers discussed issues of bilateral and regional cooperation agenda, as well as the current situation in the region. The sides stressed the importance of activities within the regional formats, and enhancing efforts in this…
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was on a brief and tense visit to Germany amid deep differences between the two NATO allies over the war in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports. Erdogan has called Israel a “terror state” and pointed to its Western allies, including Germany, for supporting the military’s “massacres” in Gaza. On…
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna has “firmly” warned her Iranian counterpart against any extension of the conflict between Israel and Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, France’s Foreign Ministry said in the statement, Iran Wire reports. Colonna met with Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Geneva on November 16, amid concerns the war between Israel and Tehran-backed Hamas in…
No speeches in front of cheering crowds. No joint public appearances between leaders. And a rumoured joint visit to a Germany-Turkey football match in Berlin that is not happening after all, BBC reports. For a state visit, Friday’s visit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to Germany is remarkably low key. He is first…
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…
BBC World Service’s investigation unit, BBC Eye, has revealed that nearly 20,000 Ukrainian men have used various routes to flee their country to avoid being drafted, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The BBC Eye investigation, Ukraine’s Draft Dodgers, talks to some of the men who have escaped the war, as they explain their…
The U.S. Senate has adopted S.3000, the Armenian Protection Act of 2023, passed Senate with an amendment by voice vote, a bill introduced by Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Armenian Assembly of America reports. “It would suspend all military aid to Azerbaijan”, the AAA said in a post on X. The bill is to repeal…
The convicted murderer of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink has been released on parole after serving 16 years in prison, Ermeni Haber reports. According to the report, the murderer Ogun Samast was paroled for good conduct. In 2011, Samast was sentenced to 22 years in prison for killing Agos Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink. He…
Armenia has not formally requested withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov said, Interfax reports. “No official statements have been received from the Armenian leadership, including by the organization. No statements on Armenia’s withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization have been made. No documents…
The second high-level EU-Armenia Political and Security Dialogue took place on Wednesday in Brussels, Armenia’s Foreign Ministry reports. Building upon the inaugural meeting of the dialogue held in Yerevan this January, the meeting confirmed mutual interest of Armenia and the EU to further enhance political dialogue and cooperation in the areas of foreign, security…
