The overseas voting process for Turkey’s presidential and parliamentary elections begins on April 27, BIANET reports. The elections will take place on May 14 in Turkey. Voting in 73 countries and 156 locations abroad will end on May 9. The voting process at customs gates for those registered in the overseas election registry will…
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…
Washington is cooperating with Yerevan in the fields of defense and security, stated U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the signing of the Armenia-U.S. Strategic Partnership document. “In particular, we are committed to strengthening the defense of the sovereignty of the Republic of Armenia within its internationally recognized borders,” Blinken announced. He…
Armen Grigoryan, the Secretary of Security Council of Armenia during his working visit to Brussels, met with the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Union, Gert Jan Koopman. This was reported by Armenia’s Security Council. At the meeting, the parties discussed the dynamically developing Armenia-EU bilateral relations and indicated the directions…
The United Nations’ human rights chief said Friday that Israeli settlements in the West Bank have expanded by a record amount and risk eliminating any practical possibility of a Palestinian state, The Times of Israel reports. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that the growth of Israeli settlements amounted to…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said the West’s job should not be to hope for a Ukrainian victory, but to mediate a peace deal. “We should not be on the side of Russia or Ukraine, but between them,” he said, adding that the policy of imposing anti-Russian sanctions did not work. Oleg Nikolenko, spokesman for…
Congressman Mike Garcia referred to the latest aggression by Azerbaijan. “As Armenia continues to face a humanitarian crisis due to unprovoked Azeri attacks, I stand with the Armenian people. We must support the Armenian people in the face of these ongoing atrocities”, Garcia Tweeted.
The COP29 summit started in Baku, and the famous Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg, who refused to participate in the event, is going to hold a protest against Azerbaijani authoritarianism in Tbilisi, Georgia. “Join us as we rally against the wave of authoritarianism and exploitation sweeping through the Caucasus. Azerbaijan, using COP29 as a façade,…
Iran reopened its embassy in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday after seven years of closure, nearly three months after the two countries agreed to restore bilateral ties under a Chinese-brokered deal, Reuters reports. Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Alireza Bigdeli and Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Consular Affairs Ali Al-Yousef cut the ribbon at…
The Russian Foreign Ministry also responded to the statement of Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in an interview with France 24, according to which Armenia practically “froze participation in the CSTO structures”, because the alliance did not fulfill its obligations towards Armenia. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Armenia continues to be a full…
Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov informed Louis Bono, US State Department’s Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations, about the peace talks with Armenia, Azerbaijan’s MFA reports. At the meeting, the parties exchanged views on various aspects of the Azerbaijan-US bilateral and multilateral cooperation agenda, as well as the regional peace process in the post-conflict period….
An official report released on Friday estimated that the twin earthquakes that hit southern Turkey on Feb. 6 cost approximately 2 trillion Turkish liras (about 105.2 billion U.S. dollars) for the country. The report, announced by Turkey’s Treasury and Finance Ministry and prepared by the presidency’s department of strategy and budget, predicted that the financial…
Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan received EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia Toivo Klaar. The Prime Minister praised the Armenia-EU partnership, highly appreciating the efforts of the EU and European Council President Charles Michel for regional stability. In the context of regional peace and the peaceful settlement of…
Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the opening day of the BRICS summit in Kazan on Tuesday. During a meeting Putin underlined that he wanted to advance ties with China to drive global stability. “Russian-Chinese cooperation in world affairs acts as one of the stabilising factors in…
Sagiv Jehezkel, the Israeli soccer player suspended from top-tier Turkish club Antalyaspor for an on-pitch protest in support of hostages held in Gaza, is returning to Israel after he was briefly detained by police, CNN reports. Jehezkel, who had been held by police in Antalya, was suspended by Antalyaspor over the weekend after showing…
The opening of road and railway connections between Russia and Armenia through the territory of Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Georgia is quite possible, said Denis Gonchar, director of the fourth department of the CIS countries, TASS reports. “The problem of transit communication between Russia and Armenia through Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Georgia is periodically discussed…
Reuters. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Thursday (March 19) that the United States’ objectives in the war against Iran have not changed since strikes started on February 28. The United States has carried out strikes against 7,000 targets inside Iran so far, and hit more than 40 Iranian mine-laying vessels and 11…
Kyiv continued attacks on Russian energy infrastructure facilities over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry reported. It is noted that the energy facility was effectively destroyed as a result of a strike on the Sudzha gas measuring station from HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems. According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a high-voltage line was…
French Senator Valérie Boyer gave a speech in the French Senate. She spoke about the Armenian Genocide that took place in the Ottoman Empire and reminded that inside the walls of the Senate and in the press she repeatedly called to help Armenia and prevent another military aggression of Azerbaijan against Nagorno-Karabakh, but they were…
A group of activists of the Democratic Movement of Azerbaijan held a protest rally in Baku on May 14 against threats of growing violence against public figures and journalists. The action was held under the slogan ‘We do not want a mafia state’. Most of the organizers of the protest were arrested before the start…
The IRGC’s deputy commander for operations, Brigadier General Abbas Nilforushan, was killed in an Israeli strike on Lebanese territory. According to IRIB, Brigadier General Abbas Nilforushan was killed during the Israeli attack on Beirut along with the leader of the Lebanese movement “Hezbollah” Seyed Hassan Nasrallah. Earlier, it became known about the death…
Reuters. Ahead of a virtual meeting on Tuesday (November 25) with a group of countries supporting Ukraine, known as the ‘Coalition of the Willing’, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told the House of Commons that allies remain ‘united’ in wanting a ceasefire. Starmer said important progress was made in Geneva, where Ukraine and the…
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky held a conversation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. According to Ukrinform, Zelensky reported this on Telegram. “I spoke with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. We touched base on all key aspects of our diplomatic work, and I’m glad that, in many areas, our views align. I shared updates…
A ceasefire agreement was reached late Monday night after “Syrian Democratic Forces” (SDF) attacked Syrian security checkpoints near Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood and shelled nearby residential areas, Syrian SANA State News Agency reports. Clashes erupted after SDF forces attacked a Syrian security checkpoint near the Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, resulting in casualties among security personnel and…
Yesterday, at the Russian-Ukrainian talks in Istanbul, the head of the Moscow delegation, aide to the Russian President Vladimir Medinsky, stated that the Russians always get what belongs to them. “Those who demand a ceasefire before peaceful negotiations simply do not know history. Military operations have always been accompanied by negotiations,” Medinsky said, commenting…
Zarmik Poghikyan, the Lurer correspondent in Syria, reports on the aftermath of the fires that broke out in Kessab. Vast forest areas near several settlements in the region have been reduced to ashes due to the fires. Fruit orchards adjacent to the forests have also burned. Fortunately, there have been no human casualties, but the…
European Council President Charles Michel spoke with a statement on the results of the second trilateral meeting of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan with the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev. It is noted that it was aimed at continuing the discussion of the situation in the South…
Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, stated that Baku has a positive assessment of the Aliyev-Putin meeting held yesterday in Moscow. “The negotiations took place in the spirit of strategic partnership and alliance relations. Issues of bilateral cooperation were on the agenda: politics, economy, trade, investments, humanitarian and other issues,” the official…
Russia is always ready to join the process of unblocking connections between Armenia and Azerbaijan and provide support based on the principles of Armenia’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and jurisdiction, Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk has said. Overchuk said that the unblocking is possible within the framework of the 9 November 2020 agreements. “I want…
Armenia has not formally requested withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Chief of the CSTO Joint Staff Anatoly Sidorov said, Interfax reports. “No official statements have been received from the Armenian leadership, including by the organization. No statements on Armenia’s withdrawal from the Collective Security Treaty Organization have been made. No documents…
