UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he had spoken with Iranian authorities and urged them to get the Hamas movement ruling in the Gaza Strip to release the hostages and to keep the Lebanese Hezbollah movement from interfering in the conflict with Israel. “I spoke to Iran and asked for two things. Firstly, to put pressure…
Within the framework of the 6th Paris Peace Forum, I had the opportunity to briefly exchange thoughts with French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan wrote on his X page (former Twitter). “On the margins of 6th Paris Peace Conference had a chance to briefly exchange with…
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili says Georgia has a strategic partnership and friendly relationship with Azerbaijan and Armenia, “therefore, Georgia can not be biased in this situation, Georgia is 100% neutral, and we can not take any side in this situation,” Georgian Public Broadcaster reports. In a panel discussion together with the PM Pashinian,…
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) introduced legislation today demanding Azerbaijan’s immediate release of Armenian prisoners of war, captured civilians, and political prisoners, including Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) government officials illegally detained during Azerbaijan’s ethnic cleansing last month. The resolution specifically calls on the Biden Administration to impose sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act on…
His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Holy See of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church, called for American leadership in aiding Artsakh’s (Nagonro-KArabakh’s) 100,000 Armenian Christian refugees, during discussions with U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and a dozen U.S. Representatives. The Armenian pontiff was on Capitol Hill…
The agenda of the upcoming November 13-14 EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings includes the process of normalization between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the European Commission’s lead spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy Peter Stano told Armenpress. The discussion on Armenia-Azerbaijan was originally planned to take place during the previous session in Luxembourg but was…
The US Senate approved the appointment of Mark Libby as ambassador to Azerbaijan, US Senate Majority Floor Updates’ X post said. Ambassador Libby was approved by voice vote. Earlier the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved his candidacy.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today unanimously passed a motion, introduced by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and co-authored by Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Asbarez reports. The motion condemns Azerbaijan’s extensive war crimes, crimes against humanity, and violations of the basic human rights of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh in its genocidal campaign against the Armenian…
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, spoke about his meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada in his X microblog. “Good to meet my friend Melanie Joly ahead of the EU-Canada Summit. We had an in-depth discussion on the situation in the Middle East. I thanked her…
During the 42nd session of the UNESCO General Conference, elections took place for a new president and vice presidents of the General Conference, as well as chairmen and vice chairmen of commissions and committees. Azerbaijan was elected vice president of the UNESCO General Conference. During the session, the agenda of the General Conference…
Türkiye will not discuss any energy-related projects with Israel without a cease-fire in Palestine’s Gaza as it would be disrespectful to its Palestinian brothers and sisters who are experiencing great brutality, the country’s energy minister has said. “In an environment of such great brutality, human drama, it would be disrespectful to humanity, to our…
Ani Badalyan, Spokesperson of Armenian Foreign Ministry, referred to the sentencing Vagif Khachatryan to 15 years imprisonment in Baku. “Vagif Khachatryan: “I am innocent person.” Despite clear rejection of any false accusation, 68-year-old resident of Nagorno Karabakh was “sentenced” to 15-year imprisonment after over a month of mock “trail”-show in Baku. We stress:…
Anahit Manasyan, Ombudsperson of Armenia, referred to the Baku court decision to sentence Vagif KHachatryan, an elderly ill man, abducted in Lachin Corridor from ICRC, to 15 years in prison, based on fake accusations. “Vagif Khachatryan, abducted by Azerbaijani forces in the Lachin Corridor ,was sentenced to 15 years in prison in Baku ,…
“We have been observing Russia’s aggressive policy for centuries, and our response to Russia’s policy will be Europe, peace and peace in Europe,” said Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili at the briefing related to Monday accident when Russian forces shot dead a Georgian citizen and wounded and abducted the other in South Ossetia. The President…
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov called on Armenia not to miss the opportunity of a peace agreement at a joint press conference with his Romanian counterpart Luminița Odobescu in Bucharest. “New prospects for the normalization of relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia are opening up. The settlement, which is based on mutual recognition and respect…
The Israeli army announced Sunday that it has completed a blockade of Gaza City and divided the Gaza Strip into two sections, calling on residents to move south. “The army, under the command of the Golani Brigade, has completed the blockade of Gaza City and reached its coast,” spokesman Daniel Hagari said at a…
Amid a call for a ceasefire after Israel’s military intensified its assault against Hamas, the United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that a ceasefire in Gaza would give Hamas the opportunity to allow it to regroup and carry out similar attacks to the one it carried out on 7 October that attack…
German Foreign Minister Annalena Bаerbock met with the President of Azerbaijan in Baku. Ilham Aliyev stated that his country is in favor of signing a peace treaty with Armenia. He once again stated that as a result of the aggression unleashed against Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan has restored its sovereignty and supports the normalization of relations…
The current situation in the zone of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was the focus of a telephone call between the Russian and Iranian Foreign Ministers, Sergey Lavrov and Hossein Amir Abdollahian, the Russian foreign ministry said on Friday, TASS reports. “The two top diplomats exchanged views on the current situation in the zone of the…
US and European officials have started talking to their Ukrainian counterparts about possible peace talks with Russia and what Kiev might have to give up to reach a deal, NBC television reported, citing US officials, TASS reports. They started “quietly talking to the Ukrainian government about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might entail”…
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk commented on the sidelines of the XVI Verona Eurasian Economic Forum in Samarkand, Uzbekistan on the activities of the trilateral working groups of Russia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan on the unblocking of regional transport communications and the delimitation of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border. “Border delimitation between Armenia and Azerbaijan is…
On November 3, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Turkish President Recep Erdogan met in Astana, where the 10th summit of the heads of the Organization of Turkic States is being held. It was noted at the meeting that friendly, fraternal and allied relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey are successfully developing in various fields. Aliyev…
Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large, in his X microblog (former Twitter), referred to the ongoing atrocities of Azerbaijanis in the homes of Nagorno-Karabakh’s residents who have already left their homes. “After keeping the people of Nagorno-Karabakh under a blockade for 10 months, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19, carrying out an ethnic…
Reuters. Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian warned on Wednesday (November 1) of “harsh consequences” if attacks continue on the Gaza Strip, the latest in a series of warnings from the country, which backs Hamas in Gaza and militias elsewhere in the region. Speaking during a news conference with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan, Amirabdollahian…
EU Mission in Armenia announces full operation capability, said the mission. “Today, EU Mission in Armenia announces full operation capability as it opens HQ in Yeghegnazdzor in the presence of Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan. Over 1000 patrols covering length of the Armenian border with Azerbaijan since mission launch in February”, EUMA said in a…
The Turkish parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee will discuss ratifying Sweden’s NATO membership bid as part of its regular agenda as the issue was not so urgent for Ankara as for some other countries, Reuters reported its chair saying today. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan submitted the ratification bill for Sweden’s NATO membership bid to parliament…
The 3+3 format is unacceptable for Georgia, but Tbilisi is working towards the development of bilateral relations with Turkiye and is trying to form a tripartite Georgia-Armenia-Azerbaijan format, Nikoloz Samkharadze, chair of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Georgian Parliament, said on the air of Public Television. “Georgia’s refusal to participate in the 3+3…
Reuters. Two of President Joe Biden’s top advisers asked U.S. lawmakers to provide billions more dollars to Israel on Tuesday (October 31) at a congressional hearing interrupted repeatedly by protesters denouncing American officials for backing “genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza. As the hearing began, a line of protesters raised red-stained hands in the air…
Azerbaijan is among the countries mentioned by PACE President Tiny Cox as having political prisoners. He called for their release. On 30 October, on the occasion of the Day of Political Prisoner, Cox said: “On this day in 1974, political prisoners in the USSR went on a general hunger strike in protest against their…
Spokesperson of the Armenian Foreign Ministry Ani Badalyan wrote in her X microblog (former Twitter). “Investigative committee of Armenia published data on numbers of killed and wounded, among them civilians, including children, as result of large-scale military attack by Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh on September 19. 14 individuals were tortured and 64 died on the move…
