The process for approving supplies of Patriot air defense systems as part of a deal between the US and NATO is still ongoing and the German Defense Ministry denies reports that deliveries have already been launched, the ministry’s spokesman Mitko Mueller told reporters at a briefing, TASS reports. “Specific terms, including which systems will…
The situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in the zone of Nagorno-Karabakh is fraught with serious destabilization. This was announced on Friday at the CSTO Secretariat following an expanded meeting of the leadership at the headquarters of the organization, TASS reports. “According to the CSTO Secretary General, the situation in the South Caucasus remains fraught with…
Turkey is discussing re-opening a border crossing into Syrian government territory, a Turkish official said on Friday, enabling earthquake aid to be sent directly to areas under President Bashar al-Assad’s control after a decade of enmity, Reuters reports. It is also looking at opening another crossing into Syria’s opposition-held Idlib region, the official said. Turkey…
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline got Caspian oil with organic chlorides, which can damage the refinery equipment. Some parties have reached Europe, EA Daily reports. The oil supplied via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline contains oil with organic chlorides, which are used to increase the extraction of raw materials. British BP reported that it is…
Seyed Abbas Mousavi, Ambassador of IRAN to Azerbaijan referred to the latest drills by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps near the Azerbaijani border. “The clear message of the drills by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the neighboring countries is peace, friendship and the consolidation of stable security and for the enemies, the declaration of…
Nuclear fuel will be loaded into the first power unit of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant on April 27, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, TASS reports. “After fuel is loaded at the Akkuyu nuclear power plant on April 27, this facility will officially be considered nuclear”, he said during his speech in…
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…
China’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan would visit the country on June 3-5. He will be the guest of top diplomat Wang Yi who met Fidan in the capital of Ankara in July 2023, their first meeting in Türkiye after Fidan took office, Turkish media reports. Türkiye and China…
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi referred to the regional security. “Regional peace, security and stability is not merely a preference, but a pillar of our national security. Any threat from North, South, East, or West to territorial integrity of our neighbors or redrawing of boundaries is totally unacceptable and a red line…
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…
Reuters. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a deal on Monday (October 27) in which Turkey bought 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets for 8 billion pounds ($10.7 billion), his office said, deepening the NATO allies’ defence ties and bolstering Turkish air defences. In July, Turkey and Britain had signed a preliminary purchase deal for 40…
As a result of joint inspections conducted on May 21–27, 2026, at four Armenian fish farming enterprises by the Food Safety Inspectorate of the Republic of Armenia and the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance of the Russian Federation (Rosselkhoznadzor), the import of products from two Armenian companies — MF Export LLC and Invest…
United States Congresswoman Katie Porter has said that Azerbaijan’s goal in blocking the Lachin Corridor is to force the ethnic Armenians of Artsakh from their homeland by imposing conditions that make life impossible. She made the remarks at the Congressional Armenian Genocide Observance – 2023. “Our response must also be clear. We must…
There is no legal ground that at any time any de-jure Azerbaijani enclave has existed in the territory of Armenia, Armenia’s Ambassador at-large Edmon Marukyan told Armenpress when asked to respond to the Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov’s statements. Question: The Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Khalafov said that on April 6 in Brussels the…
Georgia has reported the first monkeypox case, National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said, Georgia’s First Chanel reports. The patient had mild symptoms and has already been discharged. He has recently travelled to Europe. His contacts are being monitored, NCDC noted. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), monkeypox is a disease…
Rescuers discovered the bodies of four more people in the landslide-hit racha-Lechkhumi’s Shovi resort of the Oni municipality in Georgia, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported, confirming the rise of the death toll to six, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. The MIA safely evacuated 140 more people from the disaster area and reported no…
US President Donald Trump said Friday that the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners, adding that such a halt to hostilities could be the “beginning of the end” of the long war between them, AP reports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and…
Lithuania’s Foreign Ministry has dismissed claims in the Georgian media that the UK is allegedly training Georgian activists in Lithuania ahead of the country’s local elections on October 4 as “a coordinated information attack”. The online outlet Prime Time, described by Georgia’s opposition as pro-government, first published the claims on August 18 – less…
Davit Muradyan and Marina KALJURAND, Member of the European Parliament, and Chair of EU- South Caucasus Association committees discuss Azerbaijan’s latest aggression against Armenia.
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sent a congratulatory message to the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Petr Fiala, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Armenia and the Czech Republic. “I warmly congratulate you on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations…
Freedom House international human rights organization has urged Azerbaijan to allow to provide vital humanitarian assistance to Nagorno-Karabakh that has been under blockade by more than six months. The organization has also called on Azerbaijan to immediately work to ensure freedom of movement by opening the Lachin corridor, guaranteeing unrestricted movement of individuals, vehicles…
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Margareta Cederfelt and Roberto Montella were received by President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Baku, discussing the role of the OSCE and the PA in promoting security, dialogue and cooperation, as well as supporting the ongoing peace process in the South Caucasus, the OSCE PA twitted. Aliyev reported on the…
Member of Armenian Parliament Arusyak Julhakyan gave a Speech at PACE Session in Strasbourg, the Parliament Press office reports. She particularly said: “Thank you, Chair, Dear colleagues, First of all let me mention that we can have only facepalm and nothing more while hearing appraisal of democracy from a representative of one…
In the event of a conflict with Russia, Georgia will be left alone, no one will fight for it, as well as for Ukraine, said the speaker of the Georgian parliament, Shalva Papuashvili. He expressed this opinion in an interview with the Georgian newspaper “Kviris Palitra”. Papuashvili thus explained why Georgia does not…
A third individual died in hospital following a tragic explosion at the shooting range on Bochorma Street in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi earlier today, agenda.ge reports. The Interior Ministry said one of its employees was among the deceased and extended condolences to the families of the victims of the incident, which killed three people and…
Reuters. Leaders of Cyprus’s estranged Greek and Turkish communities met on Thursday (February 23) as a deadlock persisted in peace talks on the ethnically divided island. The meeting was the first for newly elected Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides, the new Greek Cypriot leader, and Ersin Tatar, the Turkish Cypriot leader. They met on…
US President Donald Trump promised to impose an additional 100 percent tariff on China Friday and threatened to cancel a summit with Xi Jinping, reigniting his trade war with Beijing in a row over export curbs on rare earth minerals, France 24 reports. Trump said the extra levies, plus US export controls on “any…
US special envoy Steve Witkoff tells families of hostages in Tel Aviv that a majority of Israelis and Gazans want hostages held by Hamas to be returned, as quoted by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum in a Hebrew statement, The Times of Israel reports. “A majority of Israelis want the hostages at home,…
The United Nations Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting on Friday to discuss the ongoing border clashes between Thailand and Cambodia, DW reports. A long-running border dispute erupted into intense fighting on Thursday, with violence flaring near two temples on the border between Thailand’s Surin province and Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey. …
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he would not allow individuals such as the man who opened fire during a reception attended by him to alter the course of the United States. “We will not allow people like this to change the course of our country,” Trump said in an interview with…
