US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke by phone today with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, the US State Department reports. “The Secretary commended President Aliyev for last week’s announcement that Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to use the 1991 Alma Ata declaration as the basis for border delimitation and emphasized its importance to the two sides…
Reuters/CCTV. European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas on Wednesday proposed a package of sanctions against Israel due to its strikes on the Gaza Strip. The proposal included suspending certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the European Union and Israel, and sanctions on Hamas. However, the…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has said that carrying out the defensive operation and punishing the Zionist regime was the only option left for Iran, IRNA reports. He made the remarks in a phone call with Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres while referring to Operation Truthful Promise. He said that although…
US Senator Chris Van Hollen issued an announcement on the latest aggression by Azerbaijan in the sovereign territory of Armenia. “Azerbaijan-which has acknowledged its strikes – must immediately halt these attacks against Armenia and the U.S. must hold it accountable. This conflict cannot be resolved by violence”, he Tweeted.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened to use nuclear weapons to destroy South Korea if attacked, state media reported Friday, after South Korea’s president warned that if the North used nuclear weapons it would “face the end of its regime,” CNN reports. The fiery rhetoric isn’t new, but comes at a time of…
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Mikhail Galuzin today received the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Armenia to Russia Vagharshak Harutyunyan, the Russian Foreign Ministry informed. “During the detailed conversation, topical issues of the bilateral agenda were discussed, as well as the problems of the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement based on the trilateral agreements…
ARMENPRESS. The delegation led by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament David McAllister is on a regional visit to Armenia. During the press conference held in the National Assembly of Armenia, Eduard Aghajanyan, the chairman of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Foreign Relations, stated that on July 22,…
After 8 years of having no ambassador to UAE, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran introduced Reza Ameri as Islamic Republic of Iran’s new ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), IRNA reports. Ameri’s former position in the Foreign Ministry was the director general of Iranian expatriates office. His diplomatic posts before that…
Another batch of grain from Russia will be sent to Armenia through the territory of Azerbaijan on May 15. Azerbaijani media outlets reported this. A total of 14 railway wagons carrying 977 tons of grain will be dispatched to Armenia. Նյութերը գեներացվում են տարբեր կայքերից արհեստական բանականության միջոցով
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan has arrived in Georgia on a working visit. The Prime Minister of Armenia was welcomed by Levan Davitashvili, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia at Batumi International Airport. A meeting between Prime Minister Pashinyan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is…
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Friday night summoned the Supreme National Council to an emergency meeting at his home after learning that Israel had targeted his closest ally, Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an airstrike in Lebanon, according to three Iranian officials with knowledge of the meeting, The New York Times reports. …
Iran’s foreign minister said: Israel’s presence in the Caucasus is one of the most important issues, and Iran warns all parties to act wisely regarding Israel and not open Israel’s foot to the Caucasus, IRNA reports. Hossein Amirabdollahian, after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara at a joint press conference, stated: We…
President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s upcoming visit to Armenia could take place in between October-December of 2022 and the trip will be a state visit, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan said. Speaking at a meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Tajikistan, the Armenian FM said that now the details and exact timeframes…
The Trump administration approved an assistance package worth $14.2 million to assist Lebanon with its efforts to disarm Hezbollah, the U.S. Defense Department announced Wednesday, UPI reports. The Lebanese military will use funds from the Presidential Drawdown Authority package to dismantle arms held by non-state groups, including Hezbollah. On Friday, the Lebanese government…
The European Union needs to rethink its support for Ukraine following Donald Trump’s U.S. election victory, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said before a summit of EU leaders on Friday, adding that Europe cannot finance the war alone, Reuters reports. Trump has criticised the level of U.S. support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s 2022…
Ararat Mirzoyan, Foreign Minister of Armenia delivered opening remarks during his visit to Moscow and ahead of talks. “Colleagues, Sergey Viktorovich and I have already briefly touched upon several issues. We had a one-on-one format discussion and now we can continue the exchange of views with the participation of delegations. I would like to…
UN Security Council’s discussion clearly indicates the strong and unequivocal international consensus on immediate and unconditional opening of Lachin Corridor blocked by Azerbaijan, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararаt Mirzoyan said in a Twitter post. “Safe and secure connection between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh must be restored,” he stressed. The Foreign Minister expressed Armenia’s appreciation of the “fair…
Torrential rains and strong winds have led to widespread flooding in central and eastern Europe since last week, killing 24 people and devastating towns and villages, France 24 reports. As the swollen Danube waters have moved south, Hungarian emergency workers have lugged sandbags to fortify settlements, including Budapest, where the river has flooded the…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he was “very disappointed” in Russian President Vladimir Putin and added without elaborating that his administration was planning to take some actions to bring down deaths in Russia’s war in Ukraine, Reuters reports. The Republican leader also said he was not concerned about warm ties between Russia…
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…
Ukraine should remain a “buffer zone” between NATO and Russia instead of joining the alliance, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said. He pointed out at a meeting of Hungary’s ruling party that Kiev’s accession to NATO would create a constant threat of a military conflict, which is why there should be “some buffer zone”…
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that extends a package of anti-Russian sanctions introduced by his predecessor Joe Biden for a year, according to the US Federal Register, TASS reports. On April 15, 2021, the Biden administration introduced executive order 14024, imposing sanctions on Russian individuals and entities that may have…
American actor, film director and producer Mel Gibson condemns Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, calling out media silence and demanding swift international action to protect and save Armenians. “History tragically repeats itself as we witness a modern-genocide unfolding”, Gibson said in a video message. “The Armenian people who have endured centuries of persecution…
President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has arrived in Azerbaijan for an official visit. A guard of honor was lined up for the President of the United Arab Emirates at the Heydar Aliyev International Airport decorated with the national flags of the two countries. President of the…
The Lemkin Institute is concerned that electricity in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) may be cut. Such a possibility makes clear the vulnerability of Armenians in Artsakh to the genocidal regime of Azerbaijani President in Azerbaijan. The world must act immediately to prevent a second Armenian Genocide. “Azerbaijan has blockaded the Republic of Artsakh for 23 days. 120…
Commander of the Russian peacekeeping forces in Nagorno-Karabakh Colonel-General Alexander Lentsov has met with Azerbaijani Defense Minister Zakir Hasanov. Lentsov and Hasanov discussed the situation in the deployment site of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Turkey on Friday blocked access to the Instagram social media network, the national communications authority said without explanation, following censorship accusations against the US company by a high-ranking Turkish official, AFP reports. The BTK communications authority said in a post on its website that “instagram.com has been blocked by a decision on the date…
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned for hours by investigators on Wednesday in relation to a criminal insurrection probe, ending a weeks-long standoff with authorities, Reuters reports. His arrest, the first ever for a sitting president in South Korea, is the latest head-spinning development in one of Asia’s most…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the West is trying to regain its global leadership “by any means necessary,” including through what he described as “unsavory” methods. In an address at a BRICS Business Forum panel in the Indian capital New Delhi, Putin said that behind each corporate success story lies intense…
U.S. President Joe Biden said, that he does not support strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to its missile attack against Israel, Reuters reports. “We’ll be discussing with the Israelis what they’re going to do, but all seven of us (G7 nations) agree that they have a right to respond but they should…
