Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Thursday appointed former Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif as vice president for strategic affairs and head of the Center for Strategic Studies, the official news agency IRNA reported. Pezeshkian made the appointment in a decree after taking oath of office before the Iranian parliament on Tuesday, the report said….
Reuters. Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Thursday (September 19) that Israel has violated ‘red lines’ by detonating thousand of pagers across the country. Nasrallah accused Israel in the recent attacks, which led to multiple casualties in Lebanon. The hand-held radios were purchased by Hezbollah five months ago, around the same…
Maria Zakharova, official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, commented on the mediation of the European Union in the negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo, noting that they are “considered with geopolitical ambitions, the desire to usurp new spheres of influence around one’s own borders, to re-colonize economically vulnerable states.” In that context, the diplomat referred…
Reuters. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi on Thursday (July 2) pledged to boost their two countries’ cooperation in artificial intelligence, defence, energy, and economic ties. Takaichi is on a three-day visit to New Delhi as the two Asian partners hold their 16th annual summit. Bilateral trade between…
Turkish presidential spokesman Ibrahim Kalin called for an extended armistice between Russia and Ukraine. Kalin said that his country is making efforts to create appropriate conditions to end the clashes between the two parties, stressing the need to extend the temporary armistice in Ukraine. Today, during an interview with CNN International, he spoke about the…
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has said that a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States, expected to be concluded in Islamabad, has never been closer to completion than it is now. Araghchi made the remarks on his Telegram channel, assuring that all details of the Islamabad memorandum would be disclosed…
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched a surprise military drill Wednesday on disputed islands in the Persian Gulf, just as the U.S. military increase its presence in the region over recent ship seizures by Tehran, AP reports. The drill focused primarily on Abu Musa Island, though the Guard also landed forces on the Greater Tunb…
Meeting between Foreign Minister of Ararat Mirzoyan, US State Secretary Antony Blinken and Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov took place in Washington, Armenian Foreign Ministry reports. “Armenian Foreign Minister raised outstanding issues resolution of which is key for peace in region. Confirmed Armenia’s will to work in that direction, stressing commitments of sides”, the…
Journalist Hafiz Babaly was detained as part of a criminal case against employees of the publication Abzas Media, Ibrahim Amiraslanli, a representative of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, told Turan. Employees of the main police department of the city of Baku detained Babali, editor of the economic department of the…
Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador with Special Assignments of Armenia, in his X microblog, referred to the new conditions presented to Armenia by the President of Azerbaijan Aliyev. “In March 2022, Azerbaijan proposed five fundamental principles on which the peace treaty with Armenia had to be based, namely: Mutual recognition by states of sovereignty, territorial integrity,…
Reuters. President-elect Donald Trump returned to the White House on Wednesday (November 13) for the first time since winning the U.S. presidential election and sat down for talks about the looming transfer of power with longtime political rival President Joe Biden. Biden met Trump in the Oval Office in front of a roaring fireplace….
The Iranian side supports the normalization of Armenian-Azerbaijani relations, but will not accept changes in regional borders. Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs, said this in an interview with CNN Turk, answering the question about the “Zangezur corridor” in the context of the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement. “The Iranian side supports all initiatives…
Turkey will not allow the expansion of the territorial waters of Greece in the Aegean Sea from the current 6 miles, as well as the formation of a status quo in the region to the detriment of Ankara, Turkish Minister of National Defense Hulusi Akar said on Monday in the province of Kocaeli, Turkish media…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the results of two regional elections that saw big wins for the far-right AfD and losses for his coalition “bitter” and urged mainstream parties to form governments without “right-wing extremists.” The Alternative for Germany (AfD) became the first far-right party to win a state legislature election in Germany since…
The United States on Thursday welcomed the offer of Kazakhstan to host Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers tomorrow in Almaty to advance discussions on a peace agreement between the two countries, US State Department reports. “Almaty is an important, symbolic venue,” a State Department Spokesperson said. “We welcome the offer of Kazakhstan to host…
EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos posted photos on her social media page, announcing that she had made jam from Armenian apricots. “This is jam I made from Armenian apricots. Apricots are symbolic of a shift that is taking place in Armenia. At last month’s election, the majority of Armenians voted for parties that…
The Kennedy Center board has voted to close the performing arts centre for two years, just as a US judge blocked it from adding President Donald Trump’s name back to the building, BBC reports. In May, the same judge ordered the removal of Trump’s name and blocked its temporary closure for proposed renovations. …
The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz met in Granada with Nikol Pashinyan, Prime Minister of Armenia. The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and the Chancellor of Germany, Olaf Scholz underlined their…
Ukraine has shown great strategic boldness by launching attacks inside Russian territory, the European High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said, Josep Borrell, upon his arrival at the informal Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, at a press point together with the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmytro Kuleba, Nova News reports. “The Kursk operation…
The provocative actions initiated and carried out by the armed forces of Azerbaijan in the northern and northwestern parts of the Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) are part of the policy of Armenophobia and the ethnic cleansing strategy, the Prosecutor’s Office of Artsakh said in a statement. Noting that the escalation of the situation is usually…
Australia’s national capital is marking the 104th Anniversary of the Independence of the First Republic of Armenia with a light tribute of the Armenian tricolor onto Canberra’s iconic Telstra Tower. On 28th May 2022, the 195.2 meter-tall building that looks over the nation’s capital will be illuminated red, blue, orange from 5:00pm – 11:00pm (AEST)….
President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has received President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Ersin Tatar in Konya. During the meeting, the sides emphasized the importance of holding the 5th Islamic Solidarity Games, which serves to strengthen relations between peoples in the Turkic world, in Turkey. They noted that this prestigious…
The White House issued a fresh clarification on Wednesday following assertions that some US imports from China were now facing a 245% tariff. The Donald Trump-led administration had imposed a 145% tariff against the other country last week amid a series of tit-for-tat measures. This will be in addition to tariffs between 7.5% and 100%…
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation with the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister’s Press office reports. Prime Minister Pashinyan referred to the humanitarian crisis created in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of Azerbaijan’s illegal blockade of the Lachin Corridor, highlighting the importance of the implementation of the necessary steps…
The expansion of the North Atlantic Alliance did not trigger the Ukraine conflict, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said, TASS reports. “I respectfully disagree with your point that the expansion of NATO caused the Ukraine crisis,” he said answering questions at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore, which was broadcast on the Pentagon…
Bahrain is likely to resume diplomatic ties with Iran “sometime soon”, the top US diplomat for the Middle East said, Mehr reports. Speaking about the possibility of Bahrain restoring diplomatic ties with Iran, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf told lawmakers, “I think it will happen sometime soon.” …
On April 12 Ambassador Lilit Makunts had a meeting with Congressman Robert Aderholt (R-Alabama), Armenian Embassy to the USA reports. “The interlocutors discussed current security challenges in the South Caucasus, the prospects of peace process between Armenia and Azebaijan, pending humanitarian issues”, the Embassy said in a statement.
Prsident of Russia Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, The Kremlin reports. The two leaders discussed the issues pertaining to practical implementation of the agreements that the leaders of Russia, Azerbaijan and Armenia reached in Sochi on October 31, 2022, as well as the previous top-level…
It is of the utmost priority for the European Union (EU) to help secure the ammunition that Ukraine needs, said European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen during a press conference on Tuesday, Reuters reports. The EC President arrived in Kiev on the day for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, with a…
The information of the State Security Service is disturbing, concerning a terrorist act. Some individuals dislike the standpoint of the Georgian government about the war. In these conditions, there are threats, said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at the briefing echoing the statement of the State Security Service of Georgia (SSG), Georgian Public Broadcaster reports….
