November 9 statement terms are regrettably not entirely implemented, Ararat Mirzoyan

November 9 statement terms are regrettably not entirely implemented, Ararat Mirzoyan

Armenia does not have any armed formation in the territory of Nagorno Karabakh, the Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan said.     Yeghoyan asked the Foreign Minister to comment on Azerbaijan’s accusations that the 9 November 2020 statement’s terms aren’t fully implemented. Azerbaijan pointed out the issue of re-opening of regional connections and accused…

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Armenian, Russian, Azerbaijani deputy Prime Ministers hold another Moscow meeting

Armenian, Russian, Azerbaijani deputy Prime Ministers hold another Moscow meeting

Armenia-Russia-Azerbaijan trilateral working group co-chaired by Deputy Prime Ministers Mher Grigoryan, Alexei Overchuk and Shahin Mustafayev, held its 11th meeting in Moscow on December 6, the Armenian Government’s Press office reports.    The parties highlighted the Russia’s positive role in the settlement of the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as in the efforts…

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Catherine Colonna confirms the need to extend mandate of EU monitoring mission deployed in Armenia

Catherine Colonna confirms the need to extend mandate of EU monitoring mission deployed in Armenia

French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna highlighted the necessity to extend the EU monitoring mission’s mandate deployed in Armenia since October 20, 2022. “Through the border monitoring, this mission has really restricted the danger of escalation”, the Colonna said during a Q&A session in the National Assembly.   She stated that the…

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Georgia can’t help Ukraine with weapons: Georgian lawmaker

Georgia can’t help Ukraine with weapons: Georgian lawmaker

Georgia can’t and won’t provide military assistance to Ukraine, Mamuka Mdinaradze, chairman of the parliamentary faction of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Tuesday, TASS reports. Ukraine’s temporary charge d’affaires to Georgia, Andrey Kasyanov, said earlier on Tuesday that Kiev had asked Tbilisi multiple times to provide military or dual-purpose equipment, but the requests…

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Human Rights Defender met Ms. Erica Olson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State overseeing policy for Southern Europe and Caucasus, in Washington

Human Rights Defender met Ms. Erica Olson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State overseeing policy for Southern Europe and Caucasus, in Washington

On December 6, the Human Rights Defender Ms. Kristinne Grigoryan met Ms. Erica Olson, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State overseeing policy for Southern Europe and the Caucasus, in Washington. The Defender expressed her gratitude for the efforts made by the State Department toward the repatriation of Armenian prisoners of war. She also presented the…

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Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey discussed issues of military cooperation development

Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey discussed issues of military cooperation development

Defense Ministers of Azerbaijan and Turkey Zakir Hasanov and Hulusi Akar discussed cooperation in the military sphere and regional security during the talks held in Baku. According to the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan, Hasanov emphasized the importance of expanding the work carried out in the direction of further development of…

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Amirabdollahian had telephone conversation with Guterres

Amirabdollahian had telephone conversation with Guterres

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres held a telephone conversation on Friday evening over issues of mutual interest, Iran’s Foreign Ministry reports. In the telephone conversation, Amirabdollahian outlined Iran’s principled view about the developments in the Ukraine conflict and noted that the root-cause of the conflict lies in NATO’s flawed…

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Group of Azerbaijanis blocked Stepanakert-Goris highway at intersection of Shushi-Karin Tak

Group of Azerbaijanis blocked Stepanakert-Goris highway at intersection of Shushi-Karin Tak

A while ago, a group of Azerbaijanis in civilian clothes closed the Stepanakert-Goris highway for environmental reasons at the intersection of Shushi-Karin Tak, Artsakh’s (Nagorno-Karabakh) InfoCenter reports. “It is obvious that by this step Azerbaijan is resorting to a provocation aimed at terminating the terrestrial connection between Armenia and Artsakh and subjecting the civilian population…

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Meeting of Foreign Minister of Armenia with OSCE Secretary General

Meeting of Foreign Minister of Armenia with OSCE Secretary General

On December 1, Foreign Minister of Armenia Ararat Mirzoyan, who is in Poland to participate in the 29th OSCE Ministerial Council, met with Helga Schmid, the OSCE Secretary General. Minister Mirzoyan briefed his interlocutor on the fragile security situation in the region, pointing out that Azerbaijan’s continuous aggressions and warmongering rhetoric grossly violate the fundamental…

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Discussions on implementation of agreements reached between Armenia and Turkey to continue, Foreign Ministry

Discussions on implementation of agreements reached between Armenia and Turkey to continue, Foreign Ministry

The Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin’s statement that in early November technical delegations of the Armenian and Turkish governments met at the border.   Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Vahan Hunanyan told ARMENPRESS that Armenian Vice Speaker of Parliament and Special Representative for Normalization…

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US  plays role in promoting opportunities for peace and the potential of the South Caucasus, Reeker

US plays role in promoting opportunities for peace and the potential of the South Caucasus, Reeker

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Philip Reeker, Senior Advisor of the US Department of State for Caucasus Negotiations and the Geneva International Discussions, in a working dinner format, 1tv.ge reports.   At the meeting, Irakli Garibashvili and Philip Reeker discussed the importance of Georgia’s strategic partnership with the United States. The positive dynamic…

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We would like to see peace agreement agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan as soon as possible: Carpenter

We would like to see peace agreement agreed between Armenia and Azerbaijan as soon as possible: Carpenter

Washington is interested in Armenia and Azerbaijan signing a peace agreement, US permanent representative to the OSCE Michael Carpenter said, answering the question whether the meeting of the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan will take place, given that Baku refuses to hold peace talks if the French president Emmanuel Macron participates in them. “As…

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Russian peacekeeping contingent recorded violation of ceasefire regime by Azerbaijani side in Artsakh

Russian peacekeeping contingent recorded violation of ceasefire regime by Azerbaijani side in Artsakh

“Azerbaijani side shelled the position of Nagorno-Karabakh armed formations in the Shushi region, as a result of which two people were injured,” the daily official bulletin of the Russian Ministry of Defense stated about the activities of the Russian peacekeeping troops in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. According to the report of the Russian peacekeeping force,…

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Azerbaijan agreed in Prague to continue the meetings in a quadrilateral format, Marukyan

Azerbaijan agreed in Prague to continue the meetings in a quadrilateral format, Marukyan

Edmon Marukyan, Armenia’s Ambassador-at-Large referred to the refusal by Baku to participate in quadrilateral format meeting in Brussels on December 7.    “Azerbaijan agreed in Prague to continue the meetings in a quadrilateral format. It’s logical that the format of the meeting and composition of participants must be the same. Therefore we hope that the…

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Azerbaijan, Turkey Foreign Ministers discuss bilateral, regional cooperation

Azerbaijan, Turkey Foreign Ministers discuss bilateral, regional cooperation

Bilateral and regional cooperation was the focus of telephone talks between the Azerbaijani and Turkish foreign ministers, Jeyhun Bayramov and Mevlut Cavusoglu, the Turkish foreign ministry said.   “The ministers exchanged views on the current issues on the agenda of bilateral and regional cooperation between Azerbaijan and Turkey,” it said.   Apart from that, the…

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Israel is concerned about growing cooperation between Russia and Iran in nuclear field: Haaretz

Israel is concerned about growing cooperation between Russia and Iran in nuclear field: Haaretz

Israel is increasingly concerned that Iran will gain knowhow and experience from its cooperation with Russia in the military operation on Ukraine that will improve its abilities to attack targets in the Middle East, Haaretz reports. Israeli officials are concerned by Iran’s supply of drones to Russia and the countries’ subsequent cooperation on this issue….

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Azerbaijan does not want Russian peacekeepers to use name ‘Nagorno-Karabakh’

Azerbaijan does not want Russian peacekeepers to use name ‘Nagorno-Karabakh’

The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense requests Russian peacekeepers in Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) not to use the name ‘Nagorno-Karabakh’, Edmon Marukyan, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said in a Twitter post. “Azerbaijan must remember that two years ago President Aliyev signed a trilateral ceasefire agreement where “Nagorno-Karabakh” is mentioned five times. That’s the legal ground…

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Turkey rapidly developing trilateral cooperation with Pakistan, Azerbaijan: Erdogan

Turkey rapidly developing trilateral cooperation with Pakistan, Azerbaijan: Erdogan

Hailing longstanding bilateral ties, the Turkish President said his country is also rapidly developing its trilateral cooperation with Pakistan and Azerbaijan, Turkish media reports. “In addition to our bilateral cooperation, we also exchanged views on important regional and international issues on our common agenda,” Recep Tayyip Erdogan said in a joint news conference with Pakistan’s…

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